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US 11,692,595 B2Granted
Coupling system and method of use thereof
OwnerHank Sanchezinventor
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Abstract
A coupling system having an inner tube, a collar, a circular gasket concentrically disposed between the inner tube and the collar; a pair of CAM levers structurally engageable with the collar, and a handle connecting the pair of CAM levers such that a user can single-handedly move the handle between the locked position and the unlocked position.
Claims16
A coupling system comprising:
- a) an inner tube having a cylindrical body;
- b) a collar having a tubular body comprising:
- i) a collar inner wall defining a bore which extends axially and receiving an inner tube portion;
- ii) a top end and a bottom end;
- iii) a neck portion disposed on said top end extending radially outwardly
- and further comprising a first curved opening and a second curved opening disposed diametrically opposite of one another on said neck portion;
- iv) the first curved opening and the second curved opening each further including a curved opening higher end and a curved opening lower end axially spaced from one another;
- c) a circular gasket concentrically disposed between said inner tube and said collar;
- d) a right CAM lever and a left CAM lever structurally engageable with the first curved opening and the second curved opening of the collar and each comprising:
- i) an inner face further including a curved protrusion defining a curved ear protruding outwardly from said inner face, said curved ear having an ear higher end and an ear lower end axially spaced apart;
- e) a handle connecting said right CAM lever to said left CAM lever wherein:
- i) when said ears lower ends abuts the curved openings lower ends of the collar, the coupling system is in a locked position;
- ii) when said ear higher end abuts the curved opening higher end of the collar, the coupling system is in an unlocked position;
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- iii) wherein a user can single-handedly move said handle between the locked position and the unlocked position.
12 more elements
A coupling system comprising:
- a) an inner tube having a cylindrical body;
- b) a collar having a tubular body comprising:
- i) a collar inner wall defining a bore which extends axially and receives an inner tube portion;
- ii) a top end and a bottom end;
- iii) a neck portion disposed on said top end extending radially outwardly
- and further comprising a first curved opening and a second curved opening disposed diametrically opposite of one another on said neck portion;
- iv) the first curved opening and the second curved opening each further including a curved opening higher end and a curved opening lower end axially spaced from one another;
- c) a circular gasket concentrically disposed between said inner tube and said collar;
- d) a right CAM lever and a left CAM lever structurally engageable with the first curved opening and the second curved opening of the collar and each comprising:
- i) an inner face further including a curved protrusion defining a curved ear protruding outwardly from said inner face, said curved ears having an ear higher end and an ear lower end axially spaced apart;
- and
- ii) wherein when said ears lower ends abut the collar's curved openings lower ends, the coupling system is in a locked position;
- when said ears higher ends abut the collar's curved opening higher ends, the coupling system is in an unlocked position.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.