A - Human Necessities – 44 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
44
B
A44B 11/25 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2103527
A quick-release connecting apparatus for detachably interconnecting two objects includes male and female members, respectively attachable to the objects. The female member has a generally U-shaped receptacle formed therein which opens at a peripheral edge thereof, and an aperture formed in the front surface of the female member which is aligned with but smaller than the receptacle and communicates therewith. The male member has a stud projecting therefrom with a part-circular head at its distal end which is too large to pass through the aperture but is dimensioned to be received in the receptacle from its open end with the stud disposed through the aperture and is rotatable about the axis of the stud while disposed in the receptacle. In one embodiment, a spring-biased pawl is mounted on the female member for movement between a locking position projecting into the entrance of the receptacle and a release position out of the entrance. The stud head moves the pawl out of the way upon insertion into the receptacle to permit insertion in any orientation, but the pawl prevents removal of the head from the receptacle except when it is in a single orientation wherein the straight side faces the pawl. Both reciprocating and pivoting pawls are disclosed. In another embodiment, a retaining prong is unitary with the female structure and is flexibly and resiliently movable between locking and release positions, while a bias finger integral with the female structure resiliently engages the head to inhibit rotation thereof while in the receptacle.
Otrusina Edward C.
Smart & Biggar
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