Patent ID: 7377289

Claim:
A hose reel assembly comprising: a housing assembly; a basket assembly structured to be rotatably coupled to said housing assembly, said basket assembly having an elongated barrel with two axial hubs, and a crank assembly, said crank assembly coupled to said barrel and structured to rotate said barrel relative to said housing assembly; said crank assembly having a crank arm and a handle assembly; said crank arm having a handle pocket and a handle receptacle; said handle receptacle having at least one pivot opening and at least one locking edge; said handle pocket having at least one finger notch adjacent to said pivot opening; said handle assembly having a handle member with a distal end and a receptacle end, said receptacle end having at least one pivot pin and at least one locking tab; wherein said handle assembly is pivotally coupled to said crank arm with said receptacle end at least one pivot pin coupled to said receptacle end at least one pivot opening, said handle assembly structured to move between a first, folded position, wherein said handle assembly is disposed partially within said handle pocket, and a second, extended position wherein said handle assembly extends about ninety degrees to said crank arm and, when said handle assembly is in said second, extended position, said locking tab engages said at least one locking edge; and wherein said at least one locking tab is structured to be generally biased to a locked position, wherein said at least one locking tab engages said at least one locking edge, but is movable to a released position, wherein said at least one locking tab does not engage said at least one locking edge, said locking tab being accessible via said at least one finger notch.