ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,362, issued on April 15, was assigned to Oetiker Schweiz AG (Horgen, Switzerland).
"Quick connector made of plastics" was invented by Morgan Ryman (Anderstorp, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick connector made of plastics material for establishing a snapping connection between a tubular male part (50) and a female part (40; 40A) of a fluid connection system. The connector has a retainer (10) adapted to be set within the mouth portion (41; 41A) of the female part (40; 40A) and having first and second flexing members (11, 12) for snapping engagement with the male part (50) and the female part (40; 40A), respectively. Each pai...