Patent ID: 8091929

Claim:
A holding device for a shower hose, comprising: a feed-through element, a shower hose with a union for a shower head, the shower hose being led through the feed-through element and movable through the feed-through element from a position at which the union is at the feed-through element, outwardly to a longitudinal position along the hose at which the union is spaced from the feed-through element, a retaining mechanism disposed in the feed-through element, the retaining mechanism having a detachable coupling structured to couple and decouple with the shower hose for arresting and releasing the hose for movement relative to the feed-through element, wherein the shower hose can be pulled longitudinally outwardly from the feed-through element to said longitudinal position, and the hose can be retained at said longitudinal position by selectively coupling the retaining mechanism in the feed-through element with the hose, and wherein the hose can be allowed to retract inwardly from said longitudinal position through the feed-through element by selectively decoupling the retaining mechanism, and, wherein the detachable coupling of the retaining mechanism is actuated for said coupling and decoupling, by manual manipulation of the shower hose that causes the retaining mechanism to engage with the feed-through element.