Patent ID: 7921871
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Low-profile garden hose storage apparatus, comprising: a housing mounted onto an outside surface of an exterior wall of a building; a water-carrying garden hose having first and second ends and an outer diameter ‘d’; the second end of the garden hose including a threaded connector; a reel rotatable in tile housing about an axis perpendicular to the wall, the reel having a central hub and a pair of plates spaced apart at a distance of 1, 2 or 3d; the reel, hub and plates being disposed entirely within the housing and outside the outside surface of the wall; a water inlet coupled to the hub through a swivel fitting enabling the reel to rotate as water is delivered; the first end of the garden hose being coupled to the hub of the reel between the plates, the second end of the garden hose extending through an opening in the housing; and a mechanism for automatically winding the garden hose onto the reel between the plates, thereby retracting the hose into the housing through the opening thereof.