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A quick connector assembly includes a female component having an axial bore adapted to sealingly receive a first end of a mating tube, wherein the female component further includes a transverse slot intersecting the axial bore adapted to receive and retain a U-shaped retainer, first, in a partially-

A quick connector assembly includes a female component having an axial bore adapted to sealingly receive a first end of a mating tube, wherein the female component further includes a transverse slot intersecting the axial bore adapted to receive and retain a U-shaped retainer, first, in a partially-inserted "shipping" position wherein the legs of the retainer engage complementary surfaces on opposite sides of the slot to releasably secure the retainer therein while otherwise permitting axial passage of an upset bead on the tube's first end into the axial bore past the retainer's legs and, second, in a fully-inserted position wherein inner surfaces on the retainer's legs resiliently engage the periphery of the tube while axially-disposed surfaces on the retainer's legs and bight oppose axial displacement of the tube's upset bead to lock the tube in the female component. One leg of the retainer extends to define a flap which is pivoted into interlocking engagement with the retainer's other leg, whereby a surface of the flap is likewise placed in axial opposition with the tube's upset bead to further lock the tube in the female component.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A connector assembly comprising:a male component having an external flange proximate to a first end thereof;a female component having receiving member defined therein along a first axis receiving the first end of said male component, the receiving member including a radial shoulder

[ I claim:] [1.] A connector assembly comprising:a male component having an external flange proximate to a first end thereof;a female component having receiving member defined therein along a first axis receiving the first end of said male component, the receiving member including a radial shoulder selectively engaged by the external flange of said male component upon insertion of said male component into the receiving member thereby limiting axial travel of said male component thereinto, said female component further including a slot extending transversely through said female component so as to intersect the first bore proximate to the radial shoulder thereof; anda retainer received within the slot of said female component, said retainer having a pair of legs separated by a bight portion, wherein a first surface on each leg axially opposes the external flange on said male component thereby preventing removal of said male component from the receiving member of said female component,said retainer further including a locking member being displaceable about the legs into interlocking engagement with the legs, the interlocking engagement being between an engagement feature of the legs and an engagement feature of the locking member, the locking member having a second surface thereon substantially co-planar with the first surface which axially opposes the external flange on said male component when the locking member is interlockingly engaged with the legs.