Patent ID: 7959101

Claim:
A hose reel device having multi-position crank arm assembly comprising: an enclosure having left and right side walls, front and rear walls and a pivotally mounted cover member, said front wall including an opening therethrough for receipt and pay out of a flexible hose member; a spool assembly substantially enclosed within said enclosure and operatively connected to said enclosure for rotation about an axis of rotation, a flange drive assembly including a flange gear coupled to the spool assembly for rotation therewith, at least one idler gear journaled for rotation and intermeshed with said flange gear, said flange gear and said at least one idler gear defining a first gear train, said at least one first idler gear defining a pivot point along a respective side wall for a crank arm assembly; said crank arm assembly having a crank drive assembly for transferring rotary motion from a crank handle rotatably mounted in distal end portion of said crank arm assembly to said spool assembly, said crank drive assembly including a crank gear and at least one second idler gear rotatably mounted within said crank arm assembly and intermeshed with said crank gear and axially connected to said first idler gear, said crank arm assembly being pivotable about said pivot point, said crank handle rotatable to provide rotation to said spool throughout rotation of said crank arm assembly.