Abstract: A garden soaker hose and reel assembly includes a ground anchor on one end of the soaker hose which is rigidly fixed to the soaker hose. The reel has a special configuration to make the soaker hose easier to unwind from the reel and to wind back onto the reel. The soaker hose can be provided with a stripe on the upper wall of the soaker hose to make it easily apparent if the hose is twisted.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 4, 2004
Date of Patent:
May 8, 2007
Assignee:
PPI Corporation Pty Ltd
Inventors:
David Chappell, Wendy Trinder, Eve Edmonds
Abstract: A flexible plastic water tube which can be stored on a roll has a flexible but substantially inextensible line member attached to it and can include a number of pre-attached drippers. The tube can be stretched between spaced apart supports with the line member preventing undesirable sagging. The tube can therefor be made from inexpensive thin walled plastic.