Hose holder

• US 7,191,989 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2004
• Issued: 03/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shop-Vac Corporation (Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Robert C. Berfield
• Inventors: Berfield, Robert C.
• Primary Examiner(s): WUJCIAK, ALFRED J
• Application Number:
  US10/807,006
• Publication Number:
  US 20050211854A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,092 Days
• Field of Search: 248/80, 248/83, 248/89, 248/90, 248/79, 248/81, 248/65, 248/53, 248/56, 248/150, 248/75, 153/23, 153/14, 153/51, 243/39, 245/45
• US Class Current: 248/90
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0036 specially adapted for holding the suction hose
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3444 Circular work engageable

Abstract

A holder for storing ribbed vacuum cleaner hoses that includes a pair of support members mounted on a support, each support member having one or more ribs to engage the ribbed surface of the hose. The ribs include a lip that prevents displacement of the hose away from the support.

Claims

1. The combination of a corrugated hose and a holder for the hose wherein the holder comprises two spaced apart support members, each member including at least one rib facing the rib on the other member, each rib including a lip, the corrugated hose with valleys, the hose having an elastically bowed portion and side sections located to either side of the bowed portion, the side sections positioned between the ribs, said side sections being biased against the ribs by the bowed portion with each rib seated in a valley on a side section so that the ribs hold the hose in place, wherein said members are mounted on a wall and each lip is spaced from the wall.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein at least one rib on each member includes a second lip, each second lip being located proximate the wall.

3. The combination of claim 1 wherein the ribs are generally horizontal and the hose extends generally vertically.

4. The combination of claim 1 wherein the ribs are generally vertical and the hose extends generally horizontally.

5. The combination of claim 1 wherein the members are secured to parts of a vacuum cleaner body.

6. The combination of claim 1 wherein the members each comprise a one-piece integral molded plastic body.

7. The combination of a corrugated hose, a holder for the hose, and a wall, wherein the holder comprises two spaced apart support members, each member including at least one rib facing the rib on the other member, the corrugated hose with valleys, the hose having an elastically bowed portion and side sections located to either side of the bowed portion, the side sections positioned between the ribs, said side sections being biased against the ribs by the bowed portion with each rib seated in a valley on a side section so that the ribs hold the hose in place, the support members are mounted on the wall or on one or more studs extending from the wall.

8. The combination of claim 7 wherein the ribs are generally horizontal and the hose extends generally vertically.

9. The combination of claim 7 wherein the ribs are generally vertical and the hose extends generally horizontally.

10. The combination of claim 7 wherein the members are secured to parts of a vacuum cleaner body.

11. The combination of claim 7 wherein the members each comprise a one-piece integral molded plastic body.

12. The combination of a corrugated hose and a holder for the hose wherein the holder comprises two spaced apart support members, each member mounted on a support and including at least one rib located outwardly from the support and facing the rib on the other member, each rib including a lip spaced from the support, at least one rib on each member including a second lip, each second lip located proximate the support, the corrugated hose with valleys, the hose having an elastically bowed portion and side sections located to either side of the bowed portion, the side sections positioned between the ribs, said side sections being biased away from each other by the bowed portion so that one valley on each side section engages one rib on each member to support the hose.

13. The combination of claim 12 wherein the ribs are generally horizontal and the hose extends generally vertically.

14. The combination of claim 12 wherein the ribs are generally vertical and the hose extend generally horizontally.

15. The combination of claim 12 wherein the members are secured to parts of a vacuum cleaner body.

16. The combination of claim 12 wherein the members each comprise a one-piece integral molded plastic body.

17. The combination of a corrugated hose and a holder for the hose wherein the holder comprises two spaced apart support members, each member mounted on a support, the support comprises a wall and the support members are mounted on the wall or on one or more studs extending from the wall, each member including at least one rib located outwardly from the support and facing the rib on the other member, each rib including a lip, the corrugated hose with valleys, the hose having an elastically bowed portion and side sections located to either side of the bowed portion, the side sections positioned between the ribs said side section being biased away from each other by the bowed portion so that one valley on each section engages one rib on each member to support the hose.

18. The combination of claim 17 wherein the ribs are generally horizontal and the hose extends generally vertically.

19. The combination of claim 17 wherein the ribs are generally vertical and the hose extends generally horizontally.

20. The combination of claim 17 wherein the members are secured to parts of &

vacuum cleaner body.

21. The combination of claim 17 wherein the members each comprise a one-piece integral molded plastic body.