Patent attributes
A female coupling element for releasably joining pipes and which receives a male element along a longitudinal axis thereof, and which includes a body, a locking ring secured in translation relative to the body and provided with at least one slot for receiving at least one radially projecting portion of the male element, and at least one locking notch for receiving the projecting portion in a configuration in which the projecting portion is locked axially along the longitudinal axis, a safety ring superposed, at least in part, on the locking ring, and the safety ring including at least one elastic member that is deformable between a first configuration in which the member prevents the projecting portion of the male element moving out of a locking notch and a second configuration in which the member allows the projecting portion to move from the locking notch.
