Patent ID: 7213771
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: A01G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A soaker hose, ground anchor and hose reel assembly, the soaker hose having opposed ends, a top wall and a bottom wall, the top wall being provided with a plurality of openings through which water can pass, a plug fitted in one end of the soaker hose to plug said one end of the soaker hose, the ground anchor comprising a sleeve, the sleeve extending over the plug and being attached to the plug in a non-rotatable manner, the ground anchor further comprising a stake adapted for insertion into the ground, the stake having a longitudinal axis which is substantially at right angles to the top wall of the soaker hose such that when the stake is inserted in the ground, the top wall of the soaker hose extends upwardly from the ground, the hose reel having a wind up portion or hub about which the soaker hose extends, the wind up portion being oval in configuration, opposed ends on the wind up portion, the opposed ends being substantially V shaped to define sharp curves about which the soaker hose winds.