Patent Application
20200246825
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The disclosure and prior art relates to hose attachments and more particularly pertains to a new hose attachment for providing an elevated, aimable, water stream.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tripod platform having a top side and a bottom side. The top side has a hose aperture extending through the bottom side. A plurality of legs is coupled to the bottom side and extends at an angle to form a tripod base. A hose fitting is coupled to the bottom side and is in fluid communication with the hose aperture. The hose fitting is configured to receive a standard garden hose. A flexible hose neck is coupled to the top side and is in fluid communication with the hose aperture. The flexible hose neck flexes such that it can change shape and direction under the manipulation of a user's hand yet maintains shape under the forces of gravity and the flow of water passing therethrough. An adjustable spray nozzle has an attachment end coupled to a distal end of the flexible hose neck and a spray end having a plurality of apertures to release the water from the flexible hose neck. The spray end has an adjustment mechanism to alter the flow rate and concentration of the water.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A flexible hose neck 38 is coupled to the top side 14 of the tripod platform 12 and is in fluid communication with the hose aperture 18. The flexible hose neck 38 flexes such that it can change shape and direction under the manipulation of a user's hand yet maintains shape under the forces of gravity and the flow of water passing therethrough. An adjustable spray nozzle 40 has an attachment end 42 coupled to a distal end 44 of the flexible hose neck and a spray end 46 having a plurality of apertures 48 to release the water from the flexible hose neck 38. The spray end may be rounded to further distribute the water. The adjustable spray nozzle 40 is tapered from the attachment end 42 to the spray end 46. The spray end 46 has an adjustment mechanism 50 to alter the flow rate and concentration of the water. The adjustment mechanism 50 may be a twist ring 52 coupled around a perimeter 54 of the spray end. The twist ring 52 may have a plurality of grooves 56 for added grip, particularly when wet. A valve 58 is coupled within the attachment end 42 of the adjustable spray nozzle and has a lever 60 to block and alternatively unblock the flow of water from the flexible hose neck 38 to the adjustable spray nozzle 40.
In use, the garden hose 34 is attached to the hose fitting 32 and is turned on. The flexible hose neck 38 is then manipulated until it is pointed in the desired direction and the lever 60 is turned to allow the water to flow through the valve 58. The twist ring 52 may then be rotated until the water sprays in the desired manner.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
