Garden hose reel
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US Β· United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- AMES TRUE TEMPER
- Publication Date
- 2006-03-09
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable Β· inactive patent
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Abstract
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 608,314, which was filed on Sep. 9, 2004.FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to an improved garden hose reel that will be described with reference to the drawings that are attached. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] Portable hose carts for convenient handling and storage of garden hoses have been commercially available for many years. The earlier versions embodied a metal tubular frame structure movably supported on a pair of wheels rotatable on an axle mounted on the frame structure and a hose reel rotatably mounted on the frame structure. Examples of portable hose reels of the metal tubular frame type are disclosed in the following U.S. Pat. Nos.: 2,488,425, 2,512,756, 2,590,963, and 4,137,939.
[0004] In recent years, frames and components made of molded plastic have been utilized to replace the metal frames and components of the earlier portab...