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Connector portion having releasable fastening means

  • US 3,937,547 A
  • Filed: 05/03/1974
  • Issued: 02/10/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a quick-release connector having interengageable male and female connector portions, said male connector portion including an outer shell having openings therethrough, an inner shell concentric with said outer shell and having external recesses therein, and a plurality of spring catches, each of said catches having a portion projecting through a respective one of said openings in said outer shell for locking engagement with said female portion, and said outer shell being axially slidable relative to said inner shell to deflect said portions of said catches to cause disengagement from said female connector portion, the improvement comprising the provision of a plurality of separately formed spring catches which are independent of each other and of said inner shell, each of said spring catches being located in a recess in said inner shell, each of said catches being in the form of a flat strip of resilient material, and each strip being freely supported at its ends in said recess in said inner shell whereby, when said portion of each catch is deflected, said strip thereof is deformed by bowing between said freely supported ends.

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