Patent ID: 7017603

Claim:
A portable hose reel cart for windably holding an elongated hose member and for use in transporting said hose member between a storage location and a use location; said hose reel cart comprising: an enclosure assembly defined by plastic coated steel corner posts and polymeric structural panels extending therebetween, said enclosure assembly including a spool positioned between at least two of said structural panels and operably connected thereto for rotation of said spool about an axis of rotation, said spool having a hub defining said axis of rotation and a pair of flanges at opposing ends of said hub and perpendicular to said axis of rotation, a crank assembly releasably insertable through a centrally located aperture located in said structural panels, thereby providing direct coupling to said spool for providing manual rotational movement of said spool in relation to said enclosure, a hose coupler including a sliding seal arrangement releasably insertable through a centrally located aperture located in said structural panels, said sliding seal arrangement constructed and arranged for connection to a pressurized fluid source in a manner that allows rotation of said spool about said axis of rotation.