Patent ID: 6955189

Claim:
A garden hose device comprising: an elongated and flexible tubular member including an open first end, an open second end and a peripheral wall extending between said first and second open ends, a cross-section taken traversely to a longitudinal axis of said tubular member having a generally oblong shape when said tubular member is filled with a fluid and a substantially flattened shape when said tubular member is not filled with a fluid, said tubular member having an outer surface colored a single fluorescent color; further including a plurality of uniform flexible bands being attached to and extending around said tubular member, said bands being spaced from each other a distance generally between 1 inch and 18 inches, each of said bands being embedded in and forming a smooth surface relative to said outer surface, each of said bands being covered with a reflective coating; and a threaded female coupler being fluidly coupled to said first end, a threaded male coupler being fluidly coupled to said second end.