Two piece male hose coupler and method for securing a garden hose to a coupler

A method of attaching a male hose coupler assembly to a first end portion of a hose, the first end portion of the hose having an exterior surface and an inner diameter surface, the coupler comprising a nut and an expandable tube, the tube having first and second ends with a radial flange at the first end, and the nut having an exterior surface, first and second ends, and an interior surface forming a through bore, the first end of the nut having male threads on the exterior surface and the second end of the nut having a griping collar on the exterior surface, the interior surface having a step defining a radial mating surface, the method comprising steps of:

• inserting the second end of the tube into the first end portion of the hose such that the exterior surface of the tube is disposed adjacent the inner diameter surface of the hose portion and wherein the tube flange is positioned to abut the first end of the hose;
• applying the nut over the assembled tube and hose portion such that the first end portion of the hose is positioned between the exterior surface of the tube and the interior surface of the nut and the tube flange engages the radial mating surface of the nut;
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• expanding the inner diameter of the tube to compress the hose portion between the tube and the nut.

A method attaching a male hose coupler assembly to a first end portion of a hose, the first end portion of the hose having an exterior surface and an inner diameter surface, the coupler comprising a nut and an expandable tube, the tube having first and second ends with a radial flange at the first end, and the nut having an exterior surface, first and second ends, and an interior surface forming a through bore, the first end of the nut having a male thread on the exterior surface and the second end of the nut having a griping collar on the exterior surface, the first end of the nut defining a radial mating surface, the method comprising steps of:

• applying the second end of the nut over the first end portion of the hose such that the interior surface of the nut is disposed over an exterior surface of the first end portion of the hose;
• inserting the tube into the assembled nut and hose portion such that the first end portion of the tube is positioned in the inner diameter hose surface and the first end portion of the hose is disposed between the exterior surface of the tube and the interior surface of the nut and the radial tube flange engages the radial mating surface of the nut;
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• expanding the inner diameter of the tube to compress the hose portion between the tube and the nut.