Hose construction and method of making same

In a hose clamp assembly for a hose construction which has a hose end wherein said assembly is adapted to be attached at opposite sides of a first arcuate length of said hose end and wherein a second arcuate length of said hose end defines the remaining 360.degree. circumference thereof, said assembly once fastened to said hose end being movable between an unclamped and a clamped position thereof and in said clamped position employs said second arcuate length of said hose end as clamping means, the improvement in said assembly comprising, a first member, means for attaching said first member to said hose end at one of said opposite sides of said first arcuate length, a substantially L-shaped member having a pair of legs extending transverse each other, means for attaching one of said legs to said hose end at the other of said opposite sides of said first arcuate length, a connecting link, a first fastener pivotally fastening one end portion of said connecting link to said first member, a second fastener pivotally fastening a central portion of said connecting link to said L-shaped member and cooperating locking means acting between said L-shaped member and connecting link for locking same and hence said assembly in said clamped position, said first and second fasteners being constructed and arranged so that with said assembly in an unclamped position said connecting link is disposed substantially in alignment with said one leg and said first member along a rectilinear path and with said assembly in a clamped position said connecting link is disposed perpendicular to said rectilinear path and substantially parallel to the other of said pair of legs of said L-shaped member.