ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,769, issued on Dec. 9.
"Quick connector made of plastics" was invented by Morgan Ryman (Anderstorp, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a quick connector made of plastics material for establishing a snapping connection between a tubular male part (50) and female part (40) of a fluid connection system. The connector has retaining means (10) adapted to be set within the mouth portion (41) of the female part (40) and having first and second flexing members (12, 22) for snapping engagement with the male part (50) and the female part (40), respectively. The first and second flexing members (12, 22) are prov...