Quick connect hose coupling
AssigneeMasco Corporation of Indiana
InventorsKurt Thomas, Daniel Zendzian
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Abstract
A hose and quick connect coupling assembly comprising a receiving hose, an insertion hose, a pair of quick connect coupling halves each coupling half being identical to the other, and a securing clasp. The securing clasp releasably secures the coupling halves around the receiving hose, thereby forming a releasable coupling as the insertion hose in inserted into the receiving hose. The insertion hose may be removed by depressing the coupling halves together, causing the top portions thereof to pivot away from the insertion hose. The securing clasp may also be removed from the hose coupling, thereby removing the coupling halves from the receiving hose.
Claims15
A quick connect hose coupling for attaching an insertion hose to a receiving hose, the hose coupling comprising:
- first and second coupling halves, each half having an attachment end, a receiving end, an inner surface and an outer surface, and
- at least one securing clasp for releasably securing the first and second coupling halves about the receiving hose, such that when the insertion hose is inserted into the receiving hose, the hose coupling releasably secures the insertion and receiving hoses together.
A hose and quick connect coupling assembly comprising a first receiving hose having a receiving end, an insertion hose having an inserting end, a pair of quick connect coupling halves each coupling half being identical to the other and having an attachment end, a receiving end, an inner surface, and an outer surface, and a securing clasp, such that the securing clasp releasably secures the first and second coupling halves about the receiving hose, thereby releasably securing the receiving hose to the insertion hose as the insertion hose in inserted into to the receiving hose.
The quick connect hose coupling assembly according to claim 16, further comprising:
- circumferential ridges around the outer surface of the attachment end of the first and second coupling halves, the ridges extending upwards to a point below the diagonally aligned tracks, and
- axial ribs positioned at intervals around the outer surface of the coupling halves, so as to assist an operator in repositioning the securing clasp within the track were the clasp to lodge outside the track against the outer surface of the coupling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.