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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2007
Lyle A. Rosine, Oswego, IL (US);
Torrence C. Anderson, Overland Park, KS (US);
Robert Stein, Aurora, IL (US);
Lyle A. Rosine, Oswego, IL (US);
Torrence C. Anderson, Overland Park, KS (US);
Robert Stein, Aurora, IL (US);
Suncast Corporation, Batavia, IL (US);
Abstract
A base assembly, including wheels, is attachable to the bottom of a hose reel enclosure. This assembly enables the hose reel enclosure to pivot about a vertical axis. This pivotal movement of the hose reel enclosure permits a hose to be withdrawn from and wound back onto the hose reel in the enclosure while remaining substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the hose reel. This also enables a hose to be taken up evenly onto the hose reel and played out from the hose reel without tipping over the hose reel enclosure. In one embodiment, the base assembly is attached to the bottom of a hose reel enclosure. Two wheels are mounted at one end portion of the assembly and a stake is positioned in a member mounted between the end portions of the base assembly. The stake is driven into the ground below the hose reel enclosure. The wheels enable the hose reel enclosure to be pivoted along the ground about the stake to enable a hose to be evenly taken up onto the hose reel and played out from the hose reel without tipping the hose reel enclosure over. In another embodiment, the wheels and stake are mounted directly onto the hose reel enclosure.