Racks Patents (Class 248/89)
  • Patent number: 11427433
    Abstract: An improved apparatus, kit, system, and method for a portable garden hose stand is disclosed and described. In one embodiment, a portable garden hose includes a post and a butler. The post may support a garden hose in a raised position above a ground surface. The butler may be separable from the post for winding the garden hose in a hanging position upon the butler. The butler may include an attachment extending from the butler, the attachment including more than one opening, each of the more than one openings including an upper narrower slot and a lower wider slot. A primary support projection and a secondary support projection may extend from a first side of the post, and the primary support projection and the secondary support projection may mate with the more than one openings to support the butler on the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Liberty Garden Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Kent Southard
  • Patent number: 10494855
    Abstract: An equipment stand for storing police and/or military clothing and equipment may include a base; at least one upright extending upward from the base; a belt hanger supported by the upright and effective for holding an equipment belt; a vest hanger supported by the upright and effective for holding an equipment vest; a tray supported by the upright and effective for holding miscellaneous objects that do not need to be secured; and a lock box supported by the upright and effective for holding miscellaneous objects that may need to be secured. The stand may include an upright extension for holding one or more clothing hangers. The stand may be freestanding, or may be used without the base when mounted to a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Newco Title Ten LLC
    Inventor: Robert Moore
  • Publication number: 20140367533
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for a garden hose holder that includes a base having a first rail and a second rail that form a substantially vertical upper portion and intersect at a neck portion, a substantially horizontal center portion, and a substantially vertical lower portion. An arcuate support device is engaged to the first rail and second rail at the center portion, whereby the first rail and the second rail intersect extend outwardly at an angle from the neck portion forming the upper portion, the first rail and second rail extend outward from the upper portion in a generally parallel fashion forming the center portion and lower portion of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Cindy Ann HARRIS
  • Publication number: 20130221167
    Abstract: The uReel Hose Holder is a one-piece device to assist the user in manually gathering a water hose or similar flexible, elongated item into a manageable coil for transporting or for storage. The one-piece device is formed from two pieces of one-eighth inch by one inch metal strips joined together forming a clip and a saddle. The first few coils of the hose are affixed into the clip, and subsequent coils rest in the saddle as the coil including the device is manipulated by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventor: Roy J. Moret
  • Patent number: 8414272
    Abstract: A compression control unit for a compression device includes a mount on the back of a housing for mounting the compression control unit on a bed unit. The mount includes a securing portion spaced from a back of the housing and lying in a plane generally opposing the back of the housing. The securing portion partially defines a channel for receiving a part of the bed unit to secure the compression control unit to the bed unit. Spaced apart wing portions extend generally upward and laterally outward relative to the securing portion. The wing portions are configured so that fluid tubing secured to an outlet of the compression control unit can be wrapped around the wing portions when the compression control unit is mounted on the bed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: David Rork Swisher, Kelly M. Anderson, James G. Hanlon
  • Patent number: 8376288
    Abstract: A system including an overhead cable pathway structure and a cable storage device that mounts overhead to the cable pathway structure. The cable storage device including a storage spool and a cable pathway exit having a curved surface that guides excess cable exiting from the overhead cable pathway structure to the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Smrha, Hutch Coburn, Chad J. Sjodin, John Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20130001376
    Abstract: A hose hanger assemblage, containing a base member, a mountable member, a hose attachment means and a mounting means. The base member has a base member shoulder coupling a base member arm to a base member neck. The mountable member has a mountable member shoulder coupling a mountable member arm to a mountable member neck. The mountable member arm is detachably coupled to the base member arm. The hose attachment means is coupled to the base member for detachably attaching a hose to the base member. And, the mounting means is coupled to the base member permitting the base member to be affixed to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: F2M INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Alfredo Asta
  • Patent number: 8245985
    Abstract: A hose hanger device for use in combination with a water timer comprises a housing defining a hose support surface for supporting a hose coiled thereon, and a receptacle sized to receive the base assembly of the water timer therein with receptacle openings corresponding to the inlet and outlet of the base assembly. An opening is defined in the front face of the housing to permit passage of the base assembly therethrough for placement within the receptacle. The receptacle is configured to support the base assembly so that an input and display module may be removably mounted on the base assembly with the module substantially flush with the front face of the housing. The receptacle supports the base assembly with its outlet fitting accessible for engaging a water hose. An angled water conduit situated within the housing is coupled between the inlet fitting of the base assembly and a conduit segment connected to a hose bib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Michael H. Goetz
  • Patent number: 8210484
    Abstract: A fire hose safety anchor and securement system and method for efficiently and safely retaining multiple fire hoses during pressure testing is provided. The fire hose safety anchor and securement system includes a base member comprised of a base plate and a pair of attached mounting plates interconnected by a pair of retaining brackets and retaining pins. The base member is preferably secured to a floor surface by extending fasteners through a plurality of first anchor apertures. Hoses laid upon the base member are held in place by the retaining brackets. The retaining brackets may be slidably coupled to the base member. The base member may have at least one hose channel with separate retaining brackets for each hose channel allowing at least one hose to be removed from the system while pressure testing of the remaining hoses continues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Rice Hydro, Inc.
    Inventors: Denese Doherty, Ellis L. Aakre
  • Patent number: 8133039
    Abstract: A compression control unit for a compression device includes a mount on the back of a housing for mounting the compression control unit on a bed unit. The mount includes a securing portion spaced from a back of the housing and lying in a plane generally opposing the back of the housing. The securing portion partially defines a channel for receiving a part of the bed unit to secure the compression control unit to the bed unit. Spaced apart wing portions extend generally upward and laterally outward relative to the securing portion. The wing portions are configured so that fluid tubing secured to an outlet of the compression control unit can be wrapped around the wing portions when the compression control unit is mounted on the bed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: Kelly M. Anderson, David Rork Swisher, James G. Hanlon
  • Patent number: 8074946
    Abstract: A hose hanger assembly includes a tubular support, at least one mount, a flange structure, and a cover structure. The tubular support defines a first end, a second end, and a storage compartment located therebetween, the first end of the tubular support defining an access opening aligned with the storage compartment. The at least one mount is attached to the second end of the tubular support. The flange structure includes (i) an inner ring member attached in fixed relation to the first end of the tubular support, (ii) an outer ring member spaced apart from the inner ring member, and (iii) and a plurality of links interconnecting the outer ring member and the inner ring member so as to define a plurality of windows, the flange structure being configured to resemble a wheel rim flange. The cover structure is movable between (i) a first position in which the cover structure is located to cover the access opening, and (ii) a second position in which the cover structure is located to expose the access opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Michael H. Goetz
  • Patent number: 8070112
    Abstract: A system including an overhead cable pathway structure and a cable storage device that mounts overhead to the cable pathway structure. The cable storage device including a storage spool and a cable pathway exit having a curved surface that guides excess cable exiting from the overhead cable pathway structure to the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Smrha, Hutch Coburn, Chad J. Sjodin, John Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20110260012
    Abstract: Disclosed therein is a sprinkler mounting device having a mounting bracket that includes a tightening member mounted on the front of a bracket body for opening and closing an open portion by a lever, so that the tightening member can firmly hold a reducer, to which a head is joined, once a worker bends the lever back after inserting the reducer into the bracket body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: Seung-il Oh
  • Patent number: 7905455
    Abstract: A fire hose safety anchor and securement system for efficiently and safely retaining multiple fire hoses during pressure testing. The fire hose safety anchor and securement system includes a base member comprised of a base plate and a pair of attached mounting plates interconnected by a pair of retaining brackets and retaining pins. The base member is preferably secured to a floor surface by extending fasteners through a plurality of first anchor apertures. Hoses laid upon the base member are held in place by the retaining brackets. The retaining brackets are connected to the base member mounting plates by extending retaining pins through a mounting aperture in the mounting plates and a first aperture and a second aperture in the retaining brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Rice Hydro, Inc.
    Inventor: Ellis L. Aakre
  • Patent number: 7748665
    Abstract: A manager system for managing peripherals of a sump pump having a base and a manager frame. The base has a predetermined characteristic related a sump holding the sump pump. The manager frame is attached to the base at a predetermined ergonomic location with at least one fastener. The frame has a seat for resting the frame against the base and orienting the frame relative to the base. The frame has at least one fastener engagement surface engaged by the at least one fastener to stably hold the frame in the predetermined ergonomic location on the base. The frame has multiple storage locations adapted for storage of multiple sump pump peripherals on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Inventor: Lawrence M. Janesky
  • Publication number: 20100163690
    Abstract: A hose hanger assembly includes a tubular support, at least one mount, a flange structure, and a cover structure. The tubular support defines a first end, a second end, and a storage compartment located therebetween, the first end of the tubular support defining an access opening aligned with the storage compartment. The at least one mount is attached to the second end of the tubular support. The flange structure includes (i) an inner ring member attached in fixed relation to the first end of the tubular support, (ii) an outer ring member spaced apart from the inner ring member, and (iii) and a plurality of links interconnecting the outer ring member and the inner ring member so as to define a plurality of windows, the flange structure being configured to resemble a wheel rim flange. The cover structure is movable between (i) a first position in which the cover structure is located to cover the access opening, and (ii) a second position in which the cover structure is located to expose the access opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicants: Gilmour, Inc, Robert Bosh GMBH
    Inventor: Michael H. Goetz
  • Patent number: 7731133
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a hold down device for holding down a discharge hose during draining consists of a container filled with a filling material, a handle, a filling hole, a plug, feet, and a hose recess. The use of a hold down device of the present invention prevents the dislodging of a discharge hose while draining a septic holding tank from a recreational vehicle thus preventing spillage of waste material by covering the discharge hose and a sewer fitting and holding the sewer fitting within a refuse hole of a dump receptacle. Additionally, a hold down device embodiment of the present invention is easy and convenient to use while maintaining the proper functionality of holding a discharge hose and sewer fitting down during draining of the holding tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Inventor: Jerome J. Kochanski
  • Patent number: 7712709
    Abstract: A device which may be mounted to a vertical substrate, and which is useful as a rack for storing flexible conduits, such as wires, cables, hoses and the like in an orderly fashion during their non-use. A device according to the invention comprises a main backbone portion, to which a plurality of fingers are attached. The backbone portion is substantially-linear in a preferred embodiment, and is mounted with its longest length dimension in a vertical orientation. Successive loops of a flexible conduit are looped around successive fingers of the device to provide neat and orderly stowage of otherwise cumbersome conduits. A device according to the invention is especially well-suited for storing garden hoses in garages or residential backyard environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Inventor: Mary Annette Winchester
  • Patent number: 7677506
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding a plurality of rearwardly extending coiled lines on a truck in an elevated side-by-side position for line-protection purposes includes an assembly having a first section, a second section, and components for holding the assembly together. A plurality of at least two line-gripping portions (preferably three) extend away from the elongated portion radially relative to the axis of elongation and in spaced-apart relationship to each other. The line-gripping portions define line-receiving openings with central axes extending intermediate the first and second sections generally parallel to the axis of elongation. So constructed, the apparatus provides sidewardly extending openings for receiving upwardly disposed and sidewardly extending loop portions of the rearwardly extending coiled lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Douglas A. Hammer
  • Patent number: 7520288
    Abstract: An industrial washing machine for manufactured parts includes a cabinet with a support mounted in it to hold parts to be washed at any desired height to facilitate loading and unloading, and to permit the machine to hold parts of different sizes and shapes to increase its utility. A manifold in the cabinet sprays hot washing liquid on the parts, and includes a centrally located port so washing liquid can be sprayed longitudinally along the axis of rotation, and radially outwardly from the center of the cabinet. The load of parts being washed is supported by the manifold. A door with an adjustable latch seals the washer during the washing operation. A filtration system removes contaminants from the washing liquid, which is recycled for additional cleaning of parts. A pressure relief valve and a vent permit gas to flow from the cabinet when the pressure in the cabinet is at one value, and impedes flow of gas from the cabinet when the pressure is at a lower value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Inventor: Laurence M. Rhodes
  • Patent number: 7513464
    Abstract: A holder for storing ribbed vacuum cleaner hoses and associated vacuum cleaner tubes that includes a pair of support members mounted on a support, each support member having one or more ribs to engage the corrugated surface of the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Shop-Vac Corporation
    Inventor: Robert C. Berfield
  • Patent number: 7434771
    Abstract: The supports of the present invention further comprise a frame strut extending across a lower portion of the support frame. Two openings are defined in the frame strut which are adapted to receive ends of an expansion limiter piece. This limiter piece is generally V-shaped and has connection means at the end of each of the V legs for connection to frame struts of adjacent hose supports. The vertex of the limiter piece is located proximal to a vertex formed by the hinge of adjacent hose supports. At the vertex of the limiter piece and at locations near the connection means, living hinges are formed so that a user will experience relatively little resistance to opening, accordion-style, the invention hose supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Double Color Industrial Ltd.
    Inventor: Lo Yun Tai
  • Patent number: 7163328
    Abstract: A backlight module has a frame, on which a reflective film, lamps and a diffusive plate are provided in sequence. A plurality of positioning devices each have a base and two rings. The base has two channels, two slots and a post on a top thereof. The lamps are fitted to the rings respectively and the rings are mounted in the slots of the base respectively to rest the lamps in the channels. The base of the positioning devices are secured on the bottom plate of the frame and the posts thereof are against the diffusive plate, such that the lamp is suspended and the relative locations of the lamps, the diffusive plate and the reflective film are fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Forhouse Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Kuang Chang, Chih-Hsiung Lin, Hsin-Yi Lai, John Chungteh Pan
  • Patent number: 6997420
    Abstract: A pneumatic lockout device is disclosed. The device includes a first disc having a first slot and a first tab, and a second disc having a second slot and a second tab. The first disc is secured to the second disc. The device further includes a pneumatic fitting having a fitting groove positionable within the first slot and the second slot. The pneumatic lockout device is movable from an unlocked position to a locked position, while the fitting groove is positioned within the first slot and the second slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Donald W. Yudis, Michael Scott Adams
  • Patent number: 6752360
    Abstract: A hydraulic hose holder comprises a vertically extending standard having a mounting plate, an arched clamping plate, arched resilient insert conforming to the clamping plate, and a circular disc. The arched clamping plate is secured to the mounting plate by screw jacks. The resilient insert is located between the mounting plate and the clamping plate. The resilient insert is provided with a circular opening having a series of radially extending slots. Each of the radially extending slots is provided with an enlarged opening for holding a hydraulic hoses or an electrical line. The hoses and electrical lines snap into the enlarged openings through the slots. The circular disc is placed in the circular opening trapping the hydraulic hoses and electrical lines in the enlarged openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Robert Edwin Bennett
  • Patent number: 6708934
    Abstract: A structure for supporting a flexible hose, including: a curved, essentially rectangular bearing surface; an attachment tab projecting upwardly from a longer side of the bearing surface, for attachment to a support structure; a pair of restraining tabs projecting upward at the opposite side of the bearing surface; and reinforcement dimples imposed into the junction of each restraining tab and the bearing surface, at the lower portion thereof. An embodiment of this structure has rib stiffeners running along the longitudinal axis of the bearing surface. In each case, the hose support is a unitary article, i.e., a single structure, without any weld or other attachment to interconnect its various elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: JCube Industries LLC
    Inventor: David J. Brueske
  • Publication number: 20040031888
    Abstract: A hydraulic hose holder comprises a vertically extending standard having a mounting plate, an arched clamping plate, arched resilient insert conforming to the clamping plate, and a circular disc. The arched clamping plate is secured to the mounting plate by screw jacks. The resilient insert is located between the mounting plate and the clamping plate. The resilient insert is provided with a circular opening having a series of radially extending slots. Each of the radially extending slots is provided with an enlarged opening for holding a hydraulic hoses or an electrical line. The hoses and electrical lines snap into the enlarged openings through the slots. The circular disc is placed in the circular opening trapping the hydraulic hoses and electrical lines in the enlarged openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventor: Robert Edwin Bennett
  • Publication number: 20030052069
    Abstract: An elongated support member having upraised attachment means for threadably yet removably receiving various types of garden hose attachments thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Cathy D. Santa Cruz, Burt D. Imeson, David W. Imeson
  • Patent number: 6488240
    Abstract: A hose hanger apparatus includes a hose supporting body and a hose retainer. The hose supporting body has mounting structure to enable the hose supporting body to be mounted to a wall in an operative position in which a hose supporting surface faces generally upwardly and extends outwardly from the wall. The hose retainer is movable between retaining and releasing positions. In its retaining position, the hose retainer extends upwardly adjacent the hose supporting surface in spaced relation from the wall to inhibit the upper portion of the coiled hose from moving off the hose supporting surface without first raising the hose to a height sufficient to vertically clear the hose retainer. In its releasing position, the hose can be removed from or mounted onto the hose supporting surface without the need for first raising the hose to a height sufficient to vertically clear the hose retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven F. Brooker, Michael R. McBride
  • Publication number: 20020074462
    Abstract: The present invention is a garden hose hanger and storage device, which includes a main housing having a top, sides and a bottom, and a front and a back. The top has an arcuate shape adapted to receive a garden hose for hanging thereon. The top further includes at least one upwardly projecting member to prevent slippage of a garden hose therefrom. The main housing further has a cabinet-like structure located under the top. The front of the main housing includes at least one door, which has a solid area to establish a back of the cabinet-like structure and is adapted to be opened and closed. The cabinet-like structure has at least one shelf. There are at least two upwardly projecting members located on the top, in which at least one of the members is a front member and one of the members is a back member. The main housing also includes attachment means for attaching the device to a support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventor: Gary J. Pontecorvo
  • Publication number: 20020043592
    Abstract: A bundling device designed for ideal use in the field that it is designed to aid in the management, storage, and protection of a wide range of a line type material. Bundling device is designed to be easy to operate, inexpensive to produce, compact, and durable. Bundling device comprising of a reusable body that is formed so as to be firmly disposed to a segmented portion of line type material. Bundling device comprises of a bundling strap designed so that it may effectively hold a wide range of personally sized coiled lengths of line type material. Body may be designed so that it may be firmly disposed to an electrical extension cord set, or an electrical extension cord, or a coaxial cable, or a rope, or a set of battery jumper cables, or a tow strap, or a like line type material. Bundling device may also be incorporated into an existing device that is already firmly disposed to a segmented portion of line type material such as an electrical extension cord plug, or an electrical extension cord strain relief.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventor: Mark Frazier
  • Patent number: 6318680
    Abstract: An arrangement for retaining wires or cables inside a trough having base wall, and first and second side walls extending generally parallel to one another from the base wall. The arrangement includes one or more pairs of trapezoidal retainer plates supported on the side walls so that each pair of plates are in confronting relation to one another above the trough. Each retainer plate has a base portion, and an end portion forming an outside edge which defines an approximately 45-degree angle with respect to parallel side edges of the plate. The outside edges of each pair of confronting plates form a gap through which wires or cables can be inserted into or withdrawn from the trough. The gap forms an acute angle with respect to the side walls of the trough, so that inserted wires or cables will be retained by each pair of confronting retainer plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Deanna S. Benedict, Reed Scott Brown, Leonard H. Drexler, Ronald L. Wild
  • Patent number: 6079675
    Abstract: A hose carrier includes an upwardly curved base for winding and for supporting a hose. A holder is secured to one side of the base and a wall secured to the other side of the base for stably retaining the hose in the base. A handle is detachably secured to the holder and the wall for carrying the base. The holder includes an extension for supporting the bottom of the base and includes a hook engaged with the base for securing the base to the holder. The wall has two legs engaged with two pairs of trails formed in the base for further securing the wall to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Shih Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 6059215
    Abstract: A hose rack for mounting around a portion of a round wood pier pylon. The hose rack adapted for receiving various sizes and lengths of a water hose. The water hose used for cleaning and maintenance around a boat and the boat dock. The hose rack includes a hose receiving saddle. The saddle has a semi-circular saddle base with a first side, a second side, a first end and a second end. The first side of the saddle base is attached to a front side of a concave shaped rack mounting bracket. A back side of the mounting bracket is adapted for conforming to and engaging the portion of the round pier pylon. The mounting bracket includes wood screw openings therethrough for receiving wood screws or the like for securing the hose rack to the pier pylon. The hose rack also includes a hose retaining bracket. The hose retaining bracket has a front side and a back side. The back side of the hose retaining bracket is attached to the second side of the saddle base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Inventor: Stephen H. Finnis
  • Patent number: 5988570
    Abstract: An improved communications cable support which provides a curved surface over which the cabling is laid to insure an entirely smooth transition across the support as well as incorporating an integral resilient top closure side for securing the support after cable installation. Additionally, means are provided to permit separation of individual cables to the greatest extent possible and to inhibit their shifting within the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Arlington Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Gretz
  • Patent number: 5699987
    Abstract: A hose hanging apparatus having a drawer is disclosed. The hose hanging apparatus provides a main body supporting a front railing and a back plate having a rear railing that allows a user to coil hose about the main body between the front and back railings, A drawer is carried by the main body and provides well ventilated and drained storage for tools and supplies. The drawer provides bottom mounted riser bars that cause the drawer to elevate as it is opened, thus tending to prevent the drawer from inadvertently falling out. The riser bars tend to compensate for the drawer cavity having a smaller rear portion and a larger front portion as a result of requirements of the plastic molding process by which the main body is manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Inventors: Daniel J. Romaneschi, Jeff Bendio
  • Patent number: 5634615
    Abstract: A flexible hose storage board comprising a collecting board having an ornamental article attached therewith is removably fixed to a wall onto which a flexible hose is wound in order around for storage. The hose collecting board has a plurality of spaced parallel grooves so as to permit an elongated hose to be wound in circles therein for storage. The hose collecting board is mounted to a wall near a faucet so that a hose having one end attached to a faucet and the other end having a nozzle being retained in place in the horizontal positioning hole after the hose is fully wound around the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Janchy Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shun-Tian Shuen
  • Patent number: 5419362
    Abstract: A hose supporting device comprising an inboard backing plate of a planar configuration positionable in a generally vertical orientation adjacent the side of a house proximate to a water faucet as a type having a horizontal pipe extending through the side of the house and a water bib positioned thereover, the backing plate having a keyhole-shaped aperture with a generally circular opening and a central extent thereof positonable over the water bib of the pipe, the opening having a pair of generally parallel edges extending downwardly with a vertical opening for positioning the aperture over the bib, the backing plate having a closed upper extent, vertical side extent and a lower extent; a n outboard retaining plate having an upper arcuate surface at an elevational extent, concentric with, but essentially the same as the arcuate surface of the inboard backing plate and having a lower arcuate surface essentially concentric with the upper backing plate and with vertical side edges generally co-extensive with the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Inventor: Eldon R. Blackaby
  • Patent number: 5388867
    Abstract: For convenience in storing and handling, a garden hose of substantial length is formed of a plurality of sections which can be readily stored and readily assembled into a hose of substantial length. Each section has a female coupler at one end and a male coupler at the opposite end. Most of the couplers in the chain of hose sections are threadless, quick-connect coupler units with a male coupler that clicks into a female coupler. The sections are so short as not to require winding into a coil and so long that only a small number of sections are required to form the hose of substantial length. There are unfolded shorter tube sections and longer sections folded into a U-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Inventor: Daniel A. Szekely
  • Patent number: 5027531
    Abstract: A rack is provided for mounting in a fire hall for drying of hoses after use in a manner which avoids the necessity for a tower of sufficient height to receive the full length of the hoses. The rack comprises a plurality of shelves mounted upon a central support at a midpoint along the length of the shelves and mounting upon rollers at the outer ends. The central support can be raised vertically upwardly along the wall of the fire wall so that the ends move inwardly to a position at approximately a 45.degree. angle thus bending the hoses at a central position into two inclined portions from which the water can be drained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Inventor: Clifford Wiens
  • Patent number: 4899179
    Abstract: The head is accomplished in two superimposed pieces which can be fastened and released. The two pieces mate along respective faces provided with respective successions of notches, preferably triangular, which together with the corresponding notches in the mating face of the other piece define a succession of holes to receive respective ink atomizers. Sealing means are preferably provided to take up the transverse clearances between atomizers and the holes in which they are housed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Inventor: Augusto Marchetti
  • Patent number: 4836479
    Abstract: A hose storage and dispensing rack comprising a U-shaped hose bracket having a close inner end and an open mouth outer end. The close inner end of the bracket pivotally mounts to a generally horizontal base of a bracket support. The bracket support includes a vertical mounting upright with the pivotally mounted hose bracket swinging between a substantially vertical position engaging against the mounting upright, and a substantial horizontal position overlying the support base. The location of the pivotal engagement between the hose bracket and the bracket support allows for a free pivotal movement of the hose bracket between the two positions, and at the same time provides for a gravity-retention of the bracket in each position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Inventor: John H. Adams
  • Patent number: 4719991
    Abstract: A lubricant distribution system which includes a standard oil storage tank, a pump, a retractable hose reel for discharging the lubricant, and a saddle bracket for mounting the reel to the covered upper surface of the tank. The bracket is configured to facilitate attachment of the reel to a lubricant containing tank in an operative system by connecting to the tank at the ventilation cap fitting of the tank, and to be supported and leveled upon the tank with adjustable feet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: Prestolite Wire Corporation
    Inventors: Philip H. Diehn, Timothy P. Dunigan, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4700737
    Abstract: A garden hose reel is provided that may selectively be mounted on either a portable caddy or a fixed wall bracket. The garden hose reel hereof comprises a rotatable reel mounted on a U-shaped yoke. The yoke has a vertical arm depending downwardly from the midpoint of the yoke that is pivotally received by either a caddy supported bracket or wall mounted bracket. A latch assembly selectively holds the reel in a fixed position, and limits the angle through which the reel may be pivoted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: The Specialty Mfg. Co.
    Inventor: Terry N. Nelson
  • Patent number: 4685601
    Abstract: A back pack releasably attachable to the compressed air cylinder of the self-contained breathing apparatus carried on the back of a fire fighter, the back pack being loaded with lengths of two sizes of fire hose and appropriate fittings, the back pack having a vertical spine and a horizontal cross arm at each end of the spine, spring clips attached to the spine for releasable attachment to an air cylinder, and belt fasteners to hold the fire hose onto the back pack, a seat for engaging the bottom of the air cylinder, and a handle for manually lifting the back pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Inventor: Charles C. Riddling
  • Patent number: 4673227
    Abstract: An enclosure cabinet which provides covered storage for a lawn mower or the like even with the handle remaining assembled onto the mobile unit, but not nearly as large as would be needed by a unitary shape large enough to accommodate the handle without disassembly. The walls also carry a removable hose basket, with easy means of mounting and dismounting, including a latch-like device for maintaining the mounted condition of the hose basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Inventor: Daryl R. Anderson
  • Patent number: 4579230
    Abstract: A rack for storing an endoscope having a control section, an insertion tube, and an universal tube is disclosed. The rack includes a planar base which is disposed generally vertically. An irregularly shaped rest extends perpendicularly from one face of the base and includes a generally straight front portion extending upwardly from the bottom front of the base to a position below the top of the base and a generally convex portion extending downwardly from the upper end of the front portion to the bottom rear of the base. A vertically disposed planar cover is spaced from the planar base by the rest. This cover extends vertically above the rest so that a snug holder for the endoscope is provided with the control section resting against the front portion and the universal tube draping over the convex portion. With this construction, the insertion tube hangs substantially vertically from the control section and the remainder of the universal tube also hangs substantially vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Inventor: Ben A. Reid, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4486044
    Abstract: A supporting and transporting apparatus for a gas cylinder comprises a base, supporting and clamping structure to removably secure a gas cylinder to the apparatus, and a jacket associated with the supporting and clamping structure and with the cylinder so as to provide a convenient means for storing accessories and tools to be used with the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: Tank-Tote Co.
    Inventors: Harris K. Gordon, Howard Myers
  • Patent number: 4436267
    Abstract: A hanger adapted to be fixedly attached to a mounting wall for supporting a length of hose in coiled formation of the type which comprises a one-piece body molded of plastic material so as to provide an upright mounting wall engaging section adapted to be fixedly attached to a mounting wall, a hose coil supporting section extending horizontally from the bottom of the mounting wall engaging section and a hose coil retaining section extending upwardly from the horizontally outwardly extending end of said hose coil supporting section. The hanger embodies improvements which include forming the coil supporting section with (1) spaced thin wall saddle portions defining hose coil engaging surfaces facing generally upwardly and disposed generally in an arcuate plane, and (2) horizontal thin wall channel structures integrally interconnected between the spaced thin wall saddle portions disposed below the adjacent hose coil engaging surfaces thereof and opening generally in a direction toward the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1984
    Assignee: O. Ames Co.
    Inventors: Harold O. Eads, Ronald R. Fowler
  • Patent number: 4429848
    Abstract: A simple yet highly effective hanger device is provided which is especially designed for temporarily holding in place elongated power lines and hoses found in surgical operating rooms. The hanger broadly includes an elongated strip of rigid material having respective, oppositely extending terminal hook portions, and a releasable latch element positioned adjacent one of the terminal hooks. In preferred forms, the hanger is of integral construction, and includes one or more obliquely extending wire-supporting clips intermediate the ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Inventor: Chee C. Gunsolus