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US 2011/0296645 A1Published application
Leaf blower with hose retaining device
OwnerTerry K. Webbinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a backpack leaf blower with a sheppard's hook device mounted on the back pack for the purpose of holding the flexible air hose by rotational force against the hose. The device can be added to an existing backpack or designed into a new device as needed.
Claims6
A device for retaining the flexible air hose on a backpack leaf blower comprising;
- a) a rigid sheppard's hook having a hook portion and a shaft portion wherein the hook portion has a forward leaning bend;
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- b) a spring device mounted on the shaft portion in a manner that when the hook is installed on a backpack leaf blower and the flexible hose is placed under the hook, the spring device creates a rotational compression of the hook against the hose restraining the hose from movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.