Patent ID: 6634374
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of storing and retrieving a flexible hose utilizing a hose storage device of the type which comprises a housing having an open top and an open bottom adapted to be placed underground with the top being substantially co-planar with a ground surface; the housing defining a hollow interior; a secondary housing integrally connected to the housing, said secondary housing defining a secondary cavity which is open to the interior of the housing; means for supplying water terminating within the secondary cavity and adapted to receive a proximal end of a garden hose; the interior of the housing being sized and shaped to receive a garden hose in spooled orientation about a vertical axis, the method comprising the steps of:placing the housing within a correspondingly shaped hole in the ground; orienting the open top of the housing to be substantially parallel to and co-extensive with the surface of the ground; providing a water supply into the secondary cavity and terminating in a connection to which a proximal end of a hose to be stored within the housing may be connected; connecting a proximal end of a hose to the water supply connection; placing the hose into the housing within the ground in a spooled orientation about a vertical axis; and placing the cover over the open top of the housing.