Faucet connector

A quick release connector comprising,

• a nut assembly having a cylindrical body portion with an axial bore therethrough,
• said body portion including a plurality of individual sections each having an external surface and an internal surface,
• said internal surfaces of said individual sections forming said axial bore,
• said individual sections being adapted to receive a pipe-like member extending through said axial bore,
• retaining means positioned in surrounding relation with said external surface of each of said body portion sections for maintaining said body portion sections in assembled relation,
• lever means pivotally connected to said retaining means for exerting a clamping force upon said body portion sections to move said body portion sections into clamping engagement with the pipe-like member,
• said lever means being adapted to move between a first position for maintaining said body portion sections in locked engagement with the pipe-like member and a second position for quickly releasing said body portion sections from engagement with the pipe-like member to permit longitudinal movement of said nut assembly on the pipe-like member,
• said retaining means including a pair of strap-like members each positioned in surrounding relation with a respective one of said nut assembly body portion sections,
• said strap-like members having end portions being connected to maintain said nut assembly body portion sections in assembled relation and to permit relative movement of said nut assembly body portion sections into and out of engagement with the pipe-like member, and
• resilient means provided on said end portions of said strap-like members for permitting said lever means to move into and out of said first and second positions respectively and maintain said lever means locked in said first position so that said nut assembly body portion sections remain longitudinally fixed on the pipelike member.