Water sweeper attachment for garden hose

Claim 1

IN A WATER SWEEPER ATTACHMENT, FOR A GARDEN HOSE OR THE LIKE, OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A RELATIVELY ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION TUBE OF RELATIVELY RIGID MATERIAL HAVING A HANDLE END AND A DISCHARGE END, A FEMALE COUPLING ON SAID HANDLE END EFFECTIVE TO COUPLE SAID TUBE TO THE MALE COUPLING OF A GARDEN HOSE, AND A WATER DEFLECTOR AND SPREADER SECURED TO AND EXTENDING IN COMMUNICATING RELATION FROM SAID DISCHARGE END AND ARRANGED TO DISCHARGE WATER IN A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SHEET; THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING SAID DEFLECTOR COMPRISING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SOCKET PORTION ARRANGED TO HAVE A CLOSE TELESCOPING FIT OVER THE DISCHARGE END OF SAID TUBE, AND HAVING A TRANSVERSE PARTITION ENGAGING THE OUTER END SURFACE OF SAID DISCHARGE END, THE PARTITION HAVING A RELATIVELY SMALL DIAMETER AND ECCENTRICALLY LOCATED APERTURE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID TUBE ADJACENT THE INNER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE THEREOF; SAID DEFLECTOR FURTHER COMPRISING A WALL INTEGRAL WITH AND EXTENDING AXIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID PARTITION AND CURVED LONGITUDINALLY TO EXTEND RADIALLY INWARDLY, THE INNER END OF SAID WALL BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SEMI-CIRCULAR AND SUBSTANTIALLY CENTERED TRANSVERSELY RELATIVE TO SAID APERTURE, WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID WALL BEING SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENT TO SAID APERTURE, AND THE EDGES OF SAID WALL DIVERGING AXIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID PARTITION.