Patent ID: 6276399
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
An article of manufacture for facilitating the manual connection of an outdoor wall-mounted bibcock to a hose, said bibcock having an externally threaded nozzle outlet mounted close to said wall, said article of manufacture comprising:an elongated, rigid, waterproof, tubular body member formed about a longitudinal axis, having a longitudinal length of at least 5 inches, said tubular body member having an internally threaded end sized for threaded engagement with said bibcock threaded nozzle, an externally threaded end opposite said internally threaded end, and an outer surface characterized by a contoured mid-section, said outer surface contoured mid section portion including a portion with a first predetermined outside diameter near the end of said tubular body, a second portion adjacent said first portion having a smaller diameter than said first portion and a third portion adjacent said second portion, having a diameter approximately of said first portion providing a curved sunken exterior portion that is contoured and shaped for grasping by the palm of the user's hand disposed between said ends, said body member having an inner surface defining an aperture extending there through, said body member being sized in length at least five inches to provide displacement of the bibcock threaded nozzle from the wall sufficient to allow manual connection or disconnection of the end of a hose to said bibcock nozzle without the hands touching the wall.