Drop hose irrigation device and method of mounting such irrigation device to a supporting rod of an irrigation system

A drop hose irrigation device (1′) comprising:

• a substantially vertical pipeline section (2), which is configured to be secured to a truss (3) of an irrigation system (4) having a substantially horizontal supporting rod (10);
• and
• a support (1) having a substantially U-shaped bracket (15), said bracket (15) having a pair of side walls (16, 17) joined together by a substantially cylindrical connecting wall (18) extending along a substantially horizontal axis;
• wherein said side walls and said connecting wall (16, 17, 18) have substantially cylindrical smooth inner surfaces (20, 21) with substantially parallel opposed longitudinal projections (22, 23) for snap-fit locking engagement of said bracket (15) on the supporting rod (10),
• wherein a pair of substantially horizontally and vertically offset curved appendages (28, 29) extend from one of said side walls (16) and define a pair of substantially vertical locking seats (30, 31) and a substantially horizontal gap (37), said locking seats (30, 31) having oppositely directed concavities for receiving said pipeline section (2) in said gap (37) and locking said pipeline section within said seats (30, 31) by rotation about a substantially horizontal axis (X) from a substantially horizontal position to a substantially vertical position,
• wherein one of said side walls (16) defines a supporting surface (24) for the pipeline section (2) to rest thereupon,
• wherein said supporting surface (24) comprises a first substantially flat portion (25) and a second portion (26), which is also substantially flat and is inclined relative to the first portion, said first and said second portions (25, 26) being joined together along a substantially longitudinal connecting line (27), and
• wherein said substantially horizontal rotation axis (X) of said pipeline (2) intersects said substantially longitudinal connecting line (27).