摘要 |
A female connector member (4) for use in a quickly-attachable connector assembly with a male connector member (6) comprises a housing (10) formed with a socket for receiving the male connector member (6) and further formed with a pair of circumferentially-spaced openings (22) through a wall leading into said socket; and a locking member (8) having a flexible arcuate section (30) received on the outer face of the housing (10), and a pair of locking elements (32) normally projecting through the openings (22) into the socket for locking the male connector member (6) therein. The outer faces of the locking elements (32) are inclined at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the socket and converge in the direction of the mouth of the socket, such as not only to facilitate the insertion of the male connector member (6) into the socket by a small push force but also to lock the male connector member (6) against withdrawal from the socket even by a large pull force. |