Patent ID: 7780201

Claim:
A tubing connector, comprising: an elongated plug having an exterior, a forward end and a channel formed therethrough, a receptacle within which said plug forward end is receivable, said receptacle having a bore formed therein with an interior surface defined within said bore, a male engagement member formed on and within said receptacle bore, a female engagement member formed on said plug exterior, a latching component being sized and shaped to be assembled within said receptacle, said latching component having an exterior wall and a throughbore defined within said latching component which axially aligns with said receptacle bore when assembled, a second female engagement member formed on said exterior wall of said latching component, said second female engagement member sized and shaped to be received by said male engagement member, and a second male engagement member formed on said latching component, said second male engagement member sized and shaped to be received by said female engagement member of said plug forward end, said second male engagement member and said female engagement member mating when said plug forward end is received within said latching component, said male engagement member and said second female engagement member mating in releasable engagement when said latching component is received within said receptacle bore with said members aligned.