Patent ID: 6446671
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: E03C,F16L

Abstract:
A safety hose apparatus for delivering water from a threaded spout of a standard hose bib to a standard threaded appliance inlet, said apparatus comprising:a continuous outer hose; an inner hose extending through said outer hose; and a pair of end fittings respectively attached to corresponding ends of said inner and outer hoses, each end fitting including an interior tubular element to which a corresponding end of said inner hose is attached, a threaded connector rotatably attached to said tubular element and threadably engagable with a respective one of the threaded spout and threaded appliance inlet, and a closure attached to and generally annularly surrounding said tubular element, said closure including a generally radial shoulder; the corresponding end of said outer hose carrying a radially inwardly turned lip having a diameter that is less than an interior diameter of said outer hose, said lip radially overlapping and interengaging said shoulder to secure said outer hose to said closure, whereby water leaking through a rupture in said inner hose is contained between said inner and outer hoses.