Patent ID: 9609812
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A01G

Claim:
1. An irrigation device, comprising: a tube; and a hose; wherein said hose comprises one or more copper elements; wherein said tube lacks said one or more copper elements; wherein at least a portion of said tube extends into and is substantially surrounded by said hose and where a distal end of said tube is substantially confined within said hose; wherein said tube passes through a first end of said hose and wherein said first end of said hose is closed around said tube, such that said tube is kept substantially in place and such that water exiting from said distal end of said tube is substantially prevented from exiting out of said first end of said hose; wherein a second end of said hose is closed, such that water exiting from said distal end of said tube is substantially prevented from exiting out of said second end of said hose; wherein said hose comprises a plurality of perforations that allow said water exiting from said distal end of said tube to seep out of said hose; wherein said one or more copper elements are a plurality of copper metal flecks; and wherein said plurality of copper metal flecks is embedded within said hose.