Patent ID: 7819437

Claim:
A flange hose fitting assembly for a flexible hose, comprising a nipple having a rear end portion configured for securement to an end of a flexible hose, a flange slipped over the nipple from a front end of the nipple, and a retaining device that retains the flange on the nipple against removal from the front end of the nipple, wherein the flange has a through hole and a recess opening radially to the through hole and axially to an end face of the flange, the recess being sized to receive the retaining device when telescoped over the retaining device to hold the retaining device in a retaining groove against withdrawal, whereby the flange may be attached to an external component for connecting the flexible hose nipple to the external component, and wherein the flange includes at least one bolt hole in addition to the through hole through which the nipple passes.