Tubular connectors for pressure suit

Claim 1

A CONNECTOR FOR INTERCONNECTING A PAIR OF HOLLOW STRUCTURES, SAID CONNECTOR COMPRISING AN ATTACHMENT RING ADAPTED TO BE AFFIXED TO ONE OF SAID HOLLOW STRUCTURES, AN INTER-BASE RING ADAPTED TO BE AFFIXED TO THE OTHER OF SAID HOLLOW STRUCTURES, AN ANNULAR GROOVE DEFINED IN AN UPWARD EXTENDING PORTION OF SAID ATTACHMENT RING A PLURALITY OF BIASED ATTACHING PAWLS, MEANS MOUNTING SAID PAWLS ON SAID INTER-BASE RING, AND MOVABLE MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID PAWLS AND MOVABLE TO THREE POSITIONS ON SAID INTER-BASE RING, SAID MOVABLE MEANS ALLOWING INWARD AND OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID BIASED PAWLS IN ONE POSITION, AND PREVENTING OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF IN A SECOND POSITION AND PREVENTING OUTWARD MOVEMENT THEREOF IN A THIRD POSITION WHEREBY WHEN SAID ATTACHMENT RING AND SAID INTER-BASE RING ARE PLACED IN CONCENTRIC AND CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP, EACH OF SAID PAWLS IS BIASED TO EXTEND OUTWARDLY INTO THE ANNULAR GROOVE DEFINED IN SAID ATTACHMENT RING THEREBY SECURING SAID ATTACHMENT RING TO SAID INTER-BASE RING IN SAID ONE POSITION, EACH OF SAID PAWLS IS LOCKED OUTWARDLY IN THE GROOVE DEFINED IN SAID ATTACHMENT RING IN SAID SECOND POSITION AND EACH OF SAID PAWLS IS RETRACTED INWARDLY FROM THE ANNULAR GROOVE IN SAID ATTACHMENT RING THEREBY ALLOWING SAID ATTACHMENT RING TO BE SEPARATED FROM SAID INTER-BASE RING IN SAID THIRD POSITION.