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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Applicant:
Raul Castro, Oceanside, CA (US);
Inventor:
Raul Castro, Oceanside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An expandable hose is provided which will expand to an extended length from a collapsed length and back again. The hose has a sidewall formed of a spirally wound flexible member which defines an axial passageway surrounding a center axis of said hose. Both side edges of the flexible member in the spirally wound position are engaged to a cap member which provides a skeletal structure to maintain the axial passageway open and to bias the hose back to a collapsed length from the extended length. A fold formed in the spirally wound flexible member allows for increased distance between the two side edges and an increased maximum extended length.