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US 5,311,909 AGranted
Flexible hose stabilizing device
OwnerJohn R. Adcockinventor
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A hose stabilizing device for a recreational vehicle sewage hose or the like, which includes a body member having a hose receiving opening and an internal chamber therein. The device is selectively movable between an open condition, wherein the hose may be placed in the hose receiving opening, and a closed condition wherein the hose is clampingly held therein. The body member includes a filling device for enabling the internal chamber thereof to receive and hold a ballast material therein, thereby providing sufficient weight to stabilize the hose. The body member is constructed to enable the device to be securely connected adjacent an end of the hose, and either stood up on its side adjacent a sewage receiving inlet, or placed flat directly on top of the inlet such that the hose receiving opening is in alignment with the inlet, thereby stabilizing the end of the hose in proper communication with the inlet.
Stabilizing device for a hose, comprising a body member including a pair of body portions each having spaced front, back, inner and outer wall portions, said body portions each having a complementary cutout portion adjacent said inner wall portion thereof which together define a hose receiving opening in said body member, means for pivotally connecting said pair of body portions together, such that said body member is selectively pivotable between an open condition, wherein the hose may be placed between said body portions, and a closed condition, wherein said hose is clampingly held therebetween in said hose receiving opening, and further wherein at least one of said body portions includes an internal chamber therein and means for enabling said internal chamber thereof to receive and hold a ballast material therein, thereby providing weight for stabilizing the hose.
Stabilizing device for a hose, comprising a body member, having spaced front, back and side wall portions, said body member having a cutout portion adjacent said side wall portion thereof which defines a hose receiving opening which extends from said side wall portion into in said body member, means for locking the hose in said hose receiving opening, wherein said locking means is operable to be moved between an open position wherein the hose may be placed in said hose receiving opening, and a closed position, wherein the hose is clampingly held in said hose receiving opening between said holding means and said body member, and further wherein said body portion includes an internal chamber therein and means for enabling said internal chamber thereof to receive and hold a ballast material therein, thereby providing weight for stabilizing the hose.
Device for maintaining the end of a recreational vehicle sewage hose in proper communication with a sewage receiving inlet, comprising a body member including a pair of body portions each having a complementary cutout portion therein which together define a sewage hose receiving opening in said body member, means for pivotally connecting said pair of body portions together, such that said body member is selectively pivotable between an open condition, wherein the sewage hose may be placed between said body portions, and a closed condition, wherein the sewage hose is clampingly held therebetween in said sewage hose receiving opening, and further wherein said body member includes weight means for stabilizing said body member and maintaining the sewage hose in proper communication with the sewage receiving inlet by preventing the sewage hose from coming out of and extending too far into the sewage receiving inlet.
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