Swan Products, LLC

Jose Rossi

Erick Williams

Tim O'connor

John Yeiser

A rotation sleeve grip structure for garden hoses or other tubings is provided. A hose assembly can include a hose tubing and a rotation sleeve installed over an outer surface of the hose tubing, where the rotation sleeve is constrained between first and second open ends of the hose tubing and comprises a hollow cylindrical shell configured to enclose a portion of the hose tubing along a longitudinal length. The rotation sleeve is rotatable through 360 degrees about a circumference of the outer surface of the hose tubing. An inner sleeve can be affixed to the outer surface of the hose tubing, and may be disposed between the hose tubing and the rotation sleeve. One or more circumferential rib protrusions and corresponding circumferential channels for receiving the rib protrusions can be provided between the inner sleeve and the rotation sleeve.

Twistable rotation sleeve grip structure for garden hoses

A kink-resistant hose comprises a tubing and at least one anti-kinking member disposed within an interior volume of the tubing. The outer diameter of the anti-kinking member is less than the inner diameter of the tubing, wherein the anti-kinking member and the tubing are coextruded such that the anti-kinking member is free-floating within the interior volume of the tubing. A cross-sectional area of the anti-kinking member is less than the area of a circle with diameter equal to the maximal diameter of the anti-kinking member. The anti-kinking member thereby defines propped open flow channels, extending radially between an outer surface of the anti-kinking member and an inner surface of the tubing at a kink point, for conveying fluid through a kink in the tubing. A restraint mechanism located in at least the first distal end of the tubing restrains longitudinal movement of the anti-kinking member through the tubing.

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