Hose coupling retainer assembly

A hose coupling retainer assembly comprising a support member having spaced-apart and oppositely facing surfaces and having an opening extending through said member and between said surfaces, an elastomeric member disposed in said opening and having a groove extending exteriorly therearound and receiving the portion of said support member bordering said opening, for snap-fitting said elastomeric member snugly into said opening, said elastomeric member having spaced-apart and parallel end surfaces disposed at opposite axial ends of said elastomeric member, a hose coupling member having a uniformly cylindrical external wall, said elastomeric member having a uniformly circular central opening extending therethrough and of the diameter of said cylindrical external wall and snugly movably receiving said hose coupling member which extends through said central opening, said hose coupling member having snap ring grooves spaced apart greater than the distance of the spacing of said elastomeric member end surfaces and with said hose coupling member being free to slide back and forth in said central opening, and snap rings disposed in said snap ring grooves and extending radially into alternate and mutually exclusive abutment with said elastomeric member when said coupling member slides back and forth axially of said elastomeric member, for retaining said coupling member in said elastomeric member while permitting tipping of said coupling member relative to the axis of said central opening and under deflection of said elastomeric member.