Patent ID: 8070995
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: E03C,F16L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing a plumbing kit specification comprising the steps of: printing markings and repeating sequences of indicia longitudinally on flexible hose, the markings longitudinally spaced by a predetermined distance, each of said indicia associated with a particular one of said markings, said sequences of indicia repeated at a predetermined interval; installing an engineering section of said hose in a particular location by cutting said hose at a first marking to create a first end, connecting said first end in position, running said hose into a final position, cutting said hose at a second marking to create a second end, and connecting said second end in position; recording a final length of said section as a function of said first and second markings; including said final length in a plumbing kit specification; and subsequently cutting production segments of said hose, each said production segment having said final length as included in said plumbing kit specification.