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Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

May. 19, 2014
Applicant:

Gregory James Brown, De Winton, CA;

Inventor:

Gregory James Brown, De Winton, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 15/00 (2006.01); F16K 1/18 (2006.01); F16L 37/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 15/00 (2013.01); F16L 37/42 (2013.01); F16K 1/18 (2013.01); Y10T 137/7854 (2015.04); Y10T 137/7856 (2015.04);
Abstract

A sealing member, whose unique manner of movement provides an improvement to a quick-connect valve assembly, for fluid control. A coupling force, required to couple the quick-connect valve assembly, containing the sealing member, is substantially reduced, resulting in an improvement to a typical quick-connect valve assembly (prior-art). The quick-connect valve assembly is comprised of at least a male coupler, a female coupler and the sealing member. During the resultant coupling, the sealing member's features ensure that said sealing member is firstly moved in a rotational manner and then secondly, if desired, in a more typical translational manner. The sealing member design allows backward compatibility with the typical quick connect valve assemblies. This backward compatibility allows a simple one-part replacement of a typical sealing member (prior-art) with said sealing member in order to benefit from this improvement.


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