Appeal No. 2005-0642
Application No. 09/568,278
Appendix 4
October 30, 1996 Claims As Amended In Response To The
Final Rejection In Original Patent Application
and Approved For Entry By The Examiner
(matter underlined added by the amendment)
(matter in [brackets] deleted by the amendment)
1. A quick connector coupling comprising:
a hollow female connector body having a plurality of slots formed
therethrough to define a plurality of radial ledges, and hinge means
formed on an exterior surface of said connector body;
a male member received in said connector body and having an enlarged
annular upset;
a retainer disposed in said connector body and including locking beams
extending between said upset and said radial ledges to secure said
male member in said connector body; and
a latch attached to said hinge means and including latching means, said latch
being movable to a latched position wherein said latching means
extends through one of said slots and is positioned between one of
said ledges and said upset to further secure said male member in said
connector body, said latch further including at least one catch beam
extending through another of said slots, said catch beams defining
catch edges which engage catch surfaces defined by said another of
said slots to secure said latch in said latched position.
2. A quick connector coupling as claimed in claim 1 wherein said latching
means is a latching beam offset circumferentially ninety degrees from said locking
beams of said retainer.
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