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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1998
Charles D Kownacki, Erie, PA (US);
Franklin T Clark, Jr, Girard, PA (US);
Stephen M Oas, Erie, PA (US);
John C Ramsey, Erie, PA (US);
EMSCO, Inc., Girard, PA (US);
Abstract
A hose storage device has a tub shaped base and a hemispherical top that is attached to the base by a clamshell hinge. The storage device can be anchored in place in a yard by U-shaped stakes that are inserted through pairs of openings. The storage device is decorated to appear like a fanciful character statue, a galapagos tortoise, for example, so that it can remain in the yard as a lawn or garden decoration. A center post in the tub provides a bearing surface for a reel which includes a handle to facilitate coiling and fixtures to which the hose can be connected so that it need never be removed from the reel. A downwardly extending nipple provides a place to connect a short length of hose to a spigot, a clearance passageway being afforded by an inwardly extending reinforcing rib in the tub.