Hose holder
OwnerJesse Jameson Cockerellinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a hose holder that nests individual hose loops separately in grooves formed on (or forming) a sloped surface. The holder includes a series of arched grooves, each groove provided at a different position along the slope of the surface such that adjacent grooves are at different vertical heights when the holder is mounted for use. Grooves further from the mounting point are lower than those nearer. In general, each groove is wide enough to hold and guide a single loop of hose and is configured for easy deployment of the hose when the hose is pulled away from the hose holder.
Claims15
A device for holding a hose, the device comprising:
- (a) a mounting surface defining a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, wherein the horizontal axis extends from the mounting surface perpendicular to the vertical axis;
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- (b) a grooved-surface means for holding a hose, wherein the grooved-surface means includes a grooved surface that is sloped relative to the mounting surface and includes a groove edge having an edge length and that is rounded such that the radius of curvature of the rounding varies along the edge length.
A device for holding a hose, the device comprising:
- (a) a mounting surface defining a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, wherein the horizontal axis extends from the mounting surface perpendicular to the vertical axis;
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- (b) a hose-holding surface comprising a plurality of grooves;
- (c) wherein each groove of the plurality of grooves includes a groove bottom;
- (d) wherein each groove of the plurality of grooves is defined in part by a first groove edge and a second groove edge, wherein the first groove edge has a first length, is positioned at a first distance from the mounting surface, and extends a first height from the groove bottom and wherein the second groove edge is positioned at a second distance from the mounting surface and extends a second height from the groove bottom;
- (e) wherein the first groove edge of at least one groove of the plurality of grooves is rounded such that the radius of curvature of the rounding varies along the first length;
- (f) wherein each groove bottom of each groove of the plurality of grooves is positioned at a different vertical position relative to the vertical axis of the mounting surface and at a different horizontal position from the mounting surface relative to the horizontal axis of the mounting surface;
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- (g) wherein the horizontal position of each of the plurality of grooves decreases as the vertical position increases.
A device for holding a hose, the device comprising:
- (a) a mounting surface defining a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, wherein the horizontal axis extends from the mounting surface perpendicular to the vertical axis;
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- (b) a hose-holding surface configured substantially as a surface of a truncated cone having a base coplanar with the mounting surface;
- (c) wherein the hose-holding surface includes a plurality of grooves on at least a portion of the grooved hose-holding surface;
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- (d) wherein at least one groove of the plurality of grooves is defined in part by a groove edge that has an edge length and is rounded such that the radius of curvature of the rounding varies along the edge length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.