Patent ID: 8006713

Claim:
A hydrant coupling assembly, comprising: a hydrant valve; and a hydrant coupler, including: a coupler body having an axis A-A; a coupler actuating collar assembly having an actuating collar movable axially relative to the coupler body, the actuating collar including at least one movable latching lug that is selectively moved into place around a mating feature on the hydrant valve by lifting or lowering the actuating collar; a locking mechanism installed within the coupler actuating collar, the locking mechanism including a coupler plunger, a collar plunger, a coupler plunger check ball, and a collar plunger check ball, wherein the coupler plunger and the coupler plunger check ball are adapted to lock the actuating collar in a disconnected state and the collar plunger and the collar plunger check ball are adapted to lock the actuating collar in a connected state.