Manifold coupling assembly

Claim 1

A manifold coupling for the oriented interconnection of a plurality of fluid conduits, comprising: a pair of manifold halves, each halve including an upper housing and a lower housing; an arrangement of sidewalls and end walls defining each of said housings; a bulkhead disposed between each of said housings, with a conduit means disposed through said bulkhead; a locking arrangement disposed on the end walls, so as to lock each halve to the other, regardless of which is utilized as a receiving halve; each of said housings having a keying arrangement to permit proper orientation only, of one halve when it is mated with the other halve; a particular number of keys are disposed on one side of said sidewalls of said housing in the coupling, and a same particular number of keyways are disposed in the contiguous side of said sidewalls of the other housing in the coupling; and only said sidewalls having straight reinforcing means extending along their peripheral edges to prevent yielding thereof and improper interconnection therebetween.