Appeal No. 2005-0642
Application No. 09/568,278
14. A quick connector coupling as claimed in claim 13 wherein said posts are
generally cylindrical in shape and include cammed portions to assist in installing
said legs over said posts.
15. A quick connector coupling as claimed in claim 14 wherein said holes in
said legs are of oblong shape, permitting said legs to both rotate about said posts
and move axially relative to said posts.
16. A quick connector coupling as claimed in claim 10 wherein said first portion
of said latch is a latching beam extending through [a] said first slot in said
connector body and being positioned between a radial ledge defined by said first
slot and said upset to secure said male member in said connector body.
17. (Cancelled)
18. (Cancelled)
19. (New) A quick connector coupling as claimed in claim 16 wherein said
second portion of said latch is a catch beam extending through said second slot in
said connector body, said catch beam defining a catch edge defined by said second
slot to secure said latch in said latched position.
20. (New) A quick connector coupling as claimed in claim 19 wherein a second
catch beam extends through a third slot formed in said connector body.
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