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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald D. Bartholomew, Mt. Clemens, MI (US);
Assignee:
Proprietary Technology, Inc., Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 3/708 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 3/708 ;
Abstract
A quick connector (,) has a pair of waist segments (,and,), a shoulder segment (,), a body segment (,) with an aperture (,) therein, and a leg segment (,). The leg segment (,) is defined by a pair of projecting elements (163) which are at least partially compressible toward one another thereby causing the pair of waist segments (,and,) to move toward one another. Thus, a swivellable connection is made which has the equivalent length and diameter of a convention non-swivellable threaded coupling. The quick connector (,) may be released by hand or a snap ring tool inserted into holes (,).