Patent ID: 6978797

Claim:
A stackable hose-reel assembly comprising: (a) a support frame; and (b) a reel rotatably attached to said frame so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation, said reel including: (i) a drum circumscribing said axis of rotation for receiving a length of hose coiled thereabout; and (ii) a pair of flanges, one of said flanges being attached to, or integrally formed with, each of a first side and a second side of said drum, each of said flanges having a fixed portion rigidly associated with said drum and at least one foldable portion hinged to said fixed portion so as to be displaceable between a folded state and a deployed state, such that, when said foldable portions assume said folded state, the hose-reel assembly is stackable with other similar hose-reel assemblies at a stacking step height H, and when said foldable portions assume said deployed state, said fixed portion and the corresponding at least one foldable portion together form a flange with a minimum dimension D measured perpendicular to said axis, where D is greater than H.