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.
Claims10
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, the first and second coupling halves are identical to each other, and where the coupling halves are molded from a resilient plastic material;
- a pair of opposing, diagonally aligned tracks on the outer surface of each coupling half;
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- at least one securing clasp received within a diagonally aligned track, for releasably securing the first and second coupling halves about the receiving hose, the securing clasp being an elliptical metal band having resilient spring-metal qualities, 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, an adapter attached to the receiving end of the receiving hose, the adapter having a hose attachment section, a top section having a distal end, and a waist section, the waist section being of smaller diameter than both the hose attachment section and the top section, and the top section containing opposing slots cut into the top section towards the distal end thereof, creating an annular rim between the slots and the distal end of the top section, 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, wherein the securing clasp is an elliptical metal band having resilient spring-metal qualities, the securing clasp having an opening at one end to facilitate securing the clasp around the coupling halves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.