Extension conduit

• US 7,174,921 B1
• Filed: 02/24/2006
• Issued: 02/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Delane M. Wiltse
• Original Assignee: Delane M. Wiltse
• Inventors: Wiltse, Delane M.
• Primary Examiner(s): BRINSON, PATRICK F
• Application Number:
  US11/360,340
• Time in Patent Office: 354 Days
• Field of Search: 138/109, 138/155, 285/8, 285/252, 242/73, 242/72
• US Class Current: 138/109
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 33/12 with a pivoted or swinging tightening or securing member, e.g. toggle lever
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1424 Lever

Abstract

An extension conduit for providing an extension from a spigot to a hose to distance the hose from the spigot includes a tube having a first end being configured to be in fluid communication with a spigot and a second end being couplable to a hose. A clamp is coupled to the first end of the tube. The clamp slidably receives a male end of the spigot to align the male end of the spigot with said first end of said tube to permit fluid communication between the tube and the spigot.

Claims

1. An extension conduit for being coupled between a spigot and a hose, said conduit comprising:

a tube having a first end being configured to be in fluid communication with the spigot and a second end being couplable to the hose;

a clamp being coupled to said first end of said tube, said clamp slidably receiving a male end of the spigot to align the male end of the spigot with said first end of said tube to permit fluid communication between said tube and the spigot, said clamp including;

a sleeve being coupled to and extending around said first end of said tube, said sleeve slidably receiving the male end of the spigot; and

a band being positioned around said sleeve, said band having a pair of spaced ends, a space between said spaced ends being adjustable to permit a circumference of said band to be adjusted to compress said sleeve around the male end of the spigot, said band having a plurality of slots extending along a portion of a width of said band and being arranged between said spaced ends; and

a first arcuate plate having a base end being hingedly coupled to one of said spaced ends and being extendable over the other of said spaced ends, said first arcuate plate engaging one of said slots to secure said first arcuate plate over said space.

2. The conduit according to claim 1, wherein said second end of said tube is threaded to receive a female connector of the hose.

3. The conduit according to claim 1, wherein said tube has a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being orientated substantially perpendicular to said second portion, said first end being a part of said first portion and positioned opposite said second portion, said second end being a part of said second portion and positioned opposite said first portion.

4. The conduit according to claim 1, wherein said clamp includes a hook being coupled a free end of said first arcuate plate, said hook being selectively inserted into one of said slots of said band to adjust said space between said spaced ends and compress said sleeve around the male end of the spigot, said hook being removed from one of said slots to permit enlargement of said space between said spaced ends to permit expansion of said sleeve and removal of said sleeve from the male end of the spigot.

5. The conduit according to claim 1, wherein said clamp includes a second arcuate plate being hingedly coupled to a free end of said first arcuate plate, said second arcuate plate extending back over said first arcuate plate, said second arcuate plate engaging said base end of said first arcuate plate to inhibit inadvertent disengagement of said first arcuate plate from said band when.

6. The conduit according to claim 5, wherein said clamp includes a clip being coupled to a distal end of said second arcuate plate positioned opposite said first arcuate plate, said clip engaging said base end of said first arcuate plate when said first arcuate plate engages one of said slots to inhibit inadvertent removal of said hook from the associated one of said slots.

7. An extension conduit for being coupled between a spigot and a hose, said conduit comprising:

a tube having a first end being configured to be in fluid communication with the spigot and a second end being couplable to the hose, said second end of said tube being threaded to receive a female connector of the hose, said tube having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being orientated substantially perpendicular to said second portion, said first end being a part of said first portion and positioned opposite said second portion, said second end being a part of said second portion and positioned opposite said first portion;

a clamp being coupled to said first end of said tube, said clamp slidably receiving a male end of the spigot to align the male end of the spigot with said first end of said tube to permit fluid communication between said tube and the spigot, said clamp comprising;

a sleeve being coupled to and extending around said first end of said tube, said sleeve slidably receiving the male end of the spigot;

a band being positioned around said sleeve, said band having a pair of spaced ends, a space between said spaced ends being adjustable to permit a circumference of said band to be adjusted to compress said sleeve around the male end of the spigot, said band having a plurality of slots extending along a portion of a width of said band and being arranged between said spaced ends;

a first arcuate plate having a base end being hingedly coupled to one of said spaced ends and being extendable over the other of said spaced ends;

a hook being coupled a free end of said first arcuate plate, said hook being selectively inserted into one of said slots of said band to adjust said space between said spaced ends and compress said sleeve around the male end of the spigot, said hook being removed from one of said slots to permit enlargement of said space between said spaced ends to permit expansion of said sleeve and removal of said sleeve from the male end of the spigot;

a second arcuate plate being hingedly coupled to said free end of said first arcuate plate, said second arcuate plate extending back over said first arcuate plate; and

a clip being coupled to a distal end of said second arcuate plate positioned opposite said first arcuate plate, said clip engaging said base end of said first arcuate plate when said hook is positioned in one of said slots to inhibit inadvertent removal of said hook from the associated one of said slots.