Hose accessory
AssigneeRoemar, Inc.
InventorRobert Poirier
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Abstract
A hose accessory includes a handle, a shaft slidably received in the handle, and a flexible conduit located within handle and shaft. The flexible conduit may be arranged to carry fluids between a first end of the hose accessory and a second end of the hose accessory. A lock is provided to secure the shaft in a fixed position relative to the handle. The lock may include a locking pin biased towards a locked position. The shaft may include first and second channels. The first channel receives at least a portion of the locking pin when the locking pin is in a locked position. The conduit extends through the second channel that isolates and separates the conduit from the locking pin.
Claims20
A hose accessory comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft slidably received in the handle, the shaft having first and second channels extending a long at least a portion of a length of the shaft;
- a flexible conduit located within the handle and shaft, the conduit adapted to carry fluid between a first end of the hose accessory and a second end of the hose accessory;
- and
- a lock adapted to secure the shaft in a fixed position relative to the handle, the lock including a moveable pin biased towards a locked position, wherein the first channel is adapted to receive at least a portion of the moveable pin when the moveable pin is in the locked position.
A method of adjusting a length of a hose accessory having a handle, a shaft slidably received in the handle, and a flexible conduit located within the shaft and handle, the flexible conduit configured to carry fluid from a proximal end of the hose accessory to a distal end of the hose accessory, the method comprising:
- slidably moving the shaft and handle relative to each other to adjust the accessory to a desired length, wherein the shaft includes first and second channels and a plurality of openings formed in a wall of the shaft, the plurality of openings being in communication with the first channel,
- engaging one of the plurality of openings with a locking pin to secure the shaft in a fixed position relative to the handle at the desired length, the at least a portion of the locking pin extending into the first channel when the locking pin is engaged with the one of the plurality of openings.
A water brush hose accessory comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft slidably received in the handle, the shaft having first and second channels extending a long at least a portion of a length of the shaft;
- a cleaning head located at a distal end of the shaft;
- a flexible conduit located within the handle and shaft, the conduit adapted to carry fluid between a proximal end of the hose accessory and the cleaning head;
- and
- a locking pin adapted to secure the shaft in a fixed position relative to the handle, wherein the locking pin is biased towards a locked position, wherein the first channel is adapted to receive at least a portion of the locking pin when the locking pin is in the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.