Patent ID: 7506661
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: B05C,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A storage device for storing a hose on a portable compressor, the hose having a first end and a second end, the storage device comprising: a support bar around which the hose can be wrapped when the hose is not in use; a securing plate coupled to the support bar, the securing plate including two hose-receiving openings, each opening having an open and configured to receiving an opposite end of the hose; and a locking bar pivotably attached to at least one of the securing plate and the support bar, the locking bar pivotable between an opening position in which the hose can be unwrapped from the support bar and a closed position in which the first end and the second end of the hose are locked with respect to the two hose-receiving openings.