Quick connector
CA 2277502 A1 · Owner: Proprietary Technology, Inc. · Inventors: Bartholomew, Donald D.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A retainer for a quick connector has a pair of waist segments a shoulder , segment, a body, segment with an aperture therein and a leg segment. The leg segment is defined by a pair of, projecting elements which are at least partially compressible toward one another thereby causing the, pair of waist segments to move toward one another. Thus a swivelable , connection is made which has the equivalent length and diameter of a convention non-swivelable threaded coupling. The quick, connector may be released by hand or a snap ring tool inserted into holes.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed July 13, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 13, 2019.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 13, 2021.
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