Patent ID: 9359711
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: D06F,F16L

Claim Text:
1. A dryer vent hose assembly, comprises: (a) a flexible dryer vent hose having a proximal end and a distal end; (b) said dryer vent hose proximal and distal ends each attached to a rigid annular dryer tube outlet ring slidable into mating relationship to an air exhaust opening of a clothes dryer and into a wall exhaust vent opening; (c) each rigid annular dryer tube secured by a rotator clamp assembly having an upstanding circumferential groove into which an upstanding lip of a rotator coupler ring fits, said rotator coupler ring having a flat annular area at its opposite end; (d) a clamp assembly fits around said rotator coupler clamp assembly to secure the rotator coupler clamp assembly to the rotator coupler ring, said rotator coupler ring being freely rotatable; (e) the flexible dryer vent hose fits over the rotator coupler ring annular flat area; (f) a cable tie clamp assembly having upstanding spring clips fits around and secures the flexible dryer vent hose to the rotator coupler ring; (g) a series of spring rings having upstanding spring clips fits around the flexible dryer vent hose; and (h) a plurality of springs clip onto each adjacent spring rings and to the cable tie clamp assembly; the dryer vent hose freely rotates and can be expanded, retracted, or twisted without kinking.