Quick detachable pipe coupling

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A QUICK DETACHABLE COUPLING FOR HOSES AND THE LIKE COMPRISING MALE AND FEMALE BODIES ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO TWO HOSE LENGTHS TO BE COUPLED, (A) SAID MALE BODY HAVING (1) A NECK PORTION AT ONE END OF SAID MALE BODY WITH SAID NECK PORTION HAVING AN OUTER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE OF CONSTANT DIAMETER AND A PERIPHERAL GROOVE SURROUNDING SAID NECK PORTION ADJACENT TO THE FREE END THEREOF, (2) AN ELONGATED PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING COMPLETELY THROUGH SAID MALE BODY GENERALLY COAXIAL WITH SAID NECK PORTION, (3) A RESILIENT O-RING MOUNTED ON SAID NECK PORTION IN SAID GROOVE WITH SAID O-RING EMBRACING THE BOTTOM OF SAID GROOVE AND PROJECTING ABOVE SAID OUTER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE SO THAT SAID O-RING HAS AN UNCOMPRESSED MAXIMUM DIAMETER WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID CYLINDRICAL OUTER SURFACE, (4) AT LEAST ONE RESILIENT FINGER MOUNTED ON SAID MALE BODY AND EXTENDING FROM SAID MALE BODY LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF TOWARD SAID FREE END OF SAID NECK PORTION WITH SAID FINGER HAVING AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING LATCH PORTION ON ITS FREE END AND BEING RESILIENTLY DEFORMABLE RADIALLY INWARDLY OF SAID BODY, (5) A SECOND PERIPHERAL GROOVE THEREIN ADJACENT TO THE END OF SAID MALE BODY OPPOSITE TO SAID NECK PORTION, AND (6) A SNAP RING RESILIENTLY MOUNTED IN SAID SECOND GROOVE AND EXTENDING AROUND MORE THAN ONEHALF OF THE PERIPHERY OF SAID MALE BODY RESILIENTLY GRIPPING SAID MALE BODY WITH SAID FINGER