Connector

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CONNECTOR MEANS FOR JOINING TOGETHER TWO ELONGATE MEMBERS COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL RECEPTACLE MEMBER HAVING AN AXIAL BORE THEREIN OPENING AT LEAST THROUGH ONE END THEREOF AND AN INTEGRAL CONVERGING SHOULDER AT SAID ONE END REDUCING THE SIZE OF SAID BORE AT SAID ONE END; A FIRST OPENING INTO SAID BORE THROUGH THE SIDE OF SAID RECEPTACLE MEMBER AND SAID SHOULDER EXTENDING FROM SAID ONE END A DISTANCE TOWARD THE OTHER END AND BEING SLOT-SHAPED AT SAID ONE END AND ENLARGED TO A ROUND SHAPE TOWARD SAID OUTER END; A SECOND OPENING INTO SAID BORE THROUGH THE SIDE OF SAID RECEPTACLE MEMBER, SAID SECOND OPENING BEING ELONGATED IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF SAID RECEPTACLE MEMBER AND CLOSED AT BOTH ENDS; A CYLINDRICAL SLIDE MEMBER TELESCOPICALLY FITTED WITHIN SAID RECEPTACLE MEMBER AND AXIALLY SLIDABLE IN SAID BORE, SAID SLIDE MEMBER BEING TOO LARGE TO PASS THROUGH THE PART OF SAID BORE OF REDUCED SIZE DEFINED BY SAID SHOULDER; SAID SLIDE MEMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL RECESS IN THE END THEREOF CONFRONTING SAID SHOULDER AND OPENING SUBSTANTIALLY IN REGISTER WITH SAID REDUCED-SIZE PART OF SAID BORE; SAID RECESS BEING OF GREATER CROSS-SECTION THAN SAID REDUCED-SIZE PART OF SAID BORE; THE WALL OF SAID SLIDE MEMBER BOUNDING SAID RECESS BLOCKING THE ENLARGED PORTION OF SAID FIRST OPENING WITH SAID SLIDE MEMBER ABUTTTING SAID SHOULDER; RESILIENT MEANS IN SAID BORE YIELDINGLY URGING SAID SLIDE MEMBER TOWARD SAID SHOULDER; OPERATOR MEANS EXTENDING FROM SAID SLIDE MEMBER THROUGH SAID SECOND OPENING WHEREBY SAID SLIDE MEMBER MAY BE MOVED AWAY FROM SAID SHOULDER AGAINST SAID RESILIENT MEANS TO UNBLOCK SAID ENLARGED PORTION OF SAID FIRST OPENING; A PLUG MEMBER HAVING A BODY PORTION, A CYLINDRICAL STEM AND A BALL-SHAPED ENLARGED END, SAID STEM BEING SMALLER IN CROSS SECTION AND SAID BODY PORTION AND SAID ENLARGED END BEING LARGER IN CROSS SECTION THAN THE REDUCED-SIZE PART OF SAID BORE WITH SAID BALL-SHAPED ENLARGED END LOCATED IN AND CONTACTING THE BOTTOM OF SAID RECESS; SAID STEM BEING DIMENSIONED TO PASS THROUGH SAID SLOT-SHAPED PART OF SAID FIRST OPENING, AND SAID ENLARGED END BEING DIMENSIONED TO PASS THROUGH ONLY THE ROUND ENLARGED PORTION OF SAID FIRST OPENING; AND SAID RECESS IN SAID SLIDE MEMBER BEING DIMENSIONED TO RECEIVE SAID ENLARGED END; WHEREBY SAID RECEPTACLE MEMBER AND SAID PLUG MEMBER MAY BE MANIPULATED FOR ENGAGEMENT OR DISENGAGMENT THROUGH SAID FIRST OPENING BY MOVING SAID SLIDE MEMBER AWAY FROM SAID SHOULDER, WILL BE RETAINED IN ENGAGEMENT BY SAID SLIDE MEMBER ABUTTING SAID SHOULDER UNDER FORCE FROM SAID RESILIENT MEANS AND WILL BE RESISTED IN MOVEMENT AGAINST SAID SLIDE MEMBER FIRST YIELDING AGAINST THE RESILIENCE OF SAID RESILIENT MEMBER AND THEN UNYIELDINGLY BY CONTACT BETWEEN SAID BODY PORTION AND SAID REDUCED-SIZE PART OF SAID BORE.