Patent ID: 7658208

Claim:
A hose comprising: a tubular member comprising a sidewall aligned along a longitudinal axis and a lumen radially inside said sidewall, said tubular member comprising an ethylene-octene interpolymer comprising polymerized units of ethylene and 1-octene, wherein the interpolymer is characterized by an average block index greater than zero and up to about 1.0 and a molecular weight distribution, M w /M n , greater than about 1.3; and a helical reinforcement strip at least partially embedded within said sidewall of said tubular member and helically wound with a pitch about said lumen of said tubular member, said reinforcement strip comprising a blend of polypropylene and an ethylene-butene interpolymer of ethylene and 1-butene, where the ethylene-butene interpolymer is characterized by an average block index greater than zero and up to about 1.0 and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.3.