Safety needle assembly

A safety needle assembly comprising a needle hub with proximal and distal ends and a passage extending between said ends, a chevron-shaped projection formed externally on said hub, said chevron-shaped projection including a central point facing distally on said hub and a pair of rounded ends facing proximally on said hub, a needle cannula mounted to said passage of said needle hub and having a pointed distal end projecting beyond said distal end of said hub, a shield having proximal and distal ends, said proximal end of said shield being hingedly mounted to said hub for rotation from a first position where said shield is spaced from said needle cannula to a second position where said shield substantially surrounds said needle cannula, said shield comprising at least one support wall and a channel mounted to said support wall, said channel having a top wall and opposed first and second sidewalls extending from said top wall, at least one resiliently deflectable cannula finger lock projecting from said first sidewall angularly toward said top wall, said cannula finger lock deflecting during rotation of said shield toward said second position for trapping said needle cannula, rounded ears formed on said shield for engaging said wherein rounded proximal ends of said chevron-shaped projection when said shield is in said second position, whereby said rounded ears and said rounded proximal ends of said chevron-shaped projection provide audible and tactile indication of said shield reaching said second position.