Patent ID: 7730588

Claim:
A fire hose holding apparatus comprising: (a) a clamp; wherein the clamp is composed of a top half and a bottom half that are connected via a hinge; wherein a fire hose may be placed between the top half and the bottom half; wherein a locking clasp secures the top half to the bottom half on a side opposite the hinge; wherein upon closing the top half onto the bottom half in order to form an interior circle; (b) a handle; wherein the handle is attached to the top half; (c) a rubber insert; wherein the rubber insert is biased away from an inner surface of the top half via at least one spring; wherein the rubber insert secures the fire hose with respect to the clamp; (d) a release handle; wherein the release handle secures to the rubber insert via a connecting means; wherein pulling upon the release handle in an upward direction generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the portion of the fire hose within the clamp compresses the spring, and thus un-secures the fire hose within the clamp, thus enabling lateral or rotational movement of the clamp about the fire hose.