Patent ID: 7434771
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hose support assembly for a flexible sewer hose adapted to extend at a substantially continuous downward incline from a valve connection with a sewage tank of a recreational vehicle to a stub conduit of a sewage system comprising: (a) four or more hose supports, each hose support comprising a frame of a right leg, a left leg, a top cradle, and a bottom arch, where a lower support strut extends horizontally between a lower portion of the right and left legs, two limiter openings are defined in said lower support strut so that one of the two limiter openings is located equidistant from a lateral edge of the right leg as the other limiter opening is located from a lateral edge of the left leg; (b) each hose support having hinges extending from lateral edges of the right and left legs so that each hose support is adapted to connect by hinges to an adjacent hose support; (c) three or more limiter pieces, each limiter piece comprising two legs connected by a living hinge to form a V-shape, where two free ends of the two legs each have end portions adapted to connect with a limiter opening; and (d) the hose supports being connected by hinges edge to edge of their adjacent legs so that the top cradle is directed upward when the bottom arch rests on the ground and each limiter piece connects a limiter opening on one hose support with a limiter opening on an adjacent hose support so that rotation of the adjacent hose supports around their hinge is limited.