Quick release hose connector

A device for connecting a hose to a water source, the device comprising:

• a rigid first connector having at a first end thereof an attachment mechanism for connecting with the water source, the first connector including a bore between the first end and a second end;
• a spherical plug adapted for sliding within the bore of the first connector;
• an elastomeric frustoconical seal fixed proximate the second end of the bore with a clamping ring, the plug adapted to occlude the seal when water pressure from the bore presses the plug into the seal in a disconnected position of the device;
• a rigid second connector having a frustoconical standoff member adapted to contact the plug through the seal from the second end of the bore of the first connector and move it away from the seal as the second connector is inserted into the first connector into a connected position of the device, the standoff member having at least one water passage around the seal;
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• an attachment mechanism for allowing the first connector to be selectively fixed with the second connector in the connected position, the attachment mechanism including an actuator for allowing the first and second connectors to be mutually separated into the disconnected position.