Electrical connector

Claim 1

A SAFETY LOCKING ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ADAPTED TO BE DETACHABLY COUPLED WITH A PIN-LIKE ELEMENT HAVING AN ANNULAR GROOVE SPACED REARWARDLY FROM THE FREE END THEREOF, AN INNER FEMALE SOCKET MEMBER ADAPTED TO CONTACT ELECTRICALLY SAID PIN-LIKE ELEMENT WHEN MOVED IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION THERETOWARDS, AN OUTER TUBULAR MEMBER IN TELESCOPIC ASSOCIATION WITH SAID INNER SOCKET MEMBER AND SERVING AS A LOCKING MEANS, SAID OUTER MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF SLITS THEREIN DEFINING A PLURALITY OF LOCKING CLAWS ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE ANNULAR GROOVE IN THE PIN-LIKE ELEMENT, AND SPRING MEANS ACTING BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER MEMBERS TO URGE SAID MEMBERS APART WHEN SAID LOCKING CLAWS ARE IN A PREDETERMINED LOCKING POSITION, SAID SPRING MEANS UPON COMPRESSION ACCOMMODATING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID INNER AND OUTER MEMBERS TO ENABLE SAID INNER MEMBER TO CAM SAID LOCKING CLAWS INTO A PREDETERMINED UNLOCKING POSITION IN WHICH SAID CLAWS ARE FREE OF SAID ANNULAR GROOVE, SAID LOCKING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO BE UNLOCKED BY A DISPLACEMENT OF SAID SOCKET IN SAID PREDETERMINED DIRECTION TOWARDS SAID PINLIKE ELEMENT.