Patent ID: 6209893
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
A mobile support device for supporting a concrete spreading hose at a construction site, comprisinga truncated V-shaped hose support formed of rigid tubular material of rectangular cross-sectional configuration, said support including a flat, normally horizontal web portion having a pair of legs diverging upwardly therefrom to define a hose-receiving recess, such that hoses of different diametrical sizes will be snugly seated in the recess,a pair of elongate castor wheel support members each being integral with the upper end of a leg and extending outwardly therefrom in substantially parallel relation with the web portion,a pair of castor wheels assemblies each including a castor wheel, pivot means pivotally connecting each castor wheel with one of said support members for pivoting movement of the castor wheel about a vertical axis,a hose engaging hold down mechanism pivotally mounted on the hose support for pivotal movement between hose-engaging and release positions, said hold down mechanism including an hold down structure having one end thereof pivotally connected to one leg of the V-shaped support for vertical swinging movement relative thereto,a plurality of vertically spaced apart locking elements on the other leg of said V-shaped support, and an elongate keeper element engaging said locking elements and said hold down structure for retaining said hold down structure in clamping and confining relation with a concrete spreading hose seated in said truncated V-shaped support.