Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
199 words
A coupler assembly for detachably joining together two lengths of flexible garden hose comprising a male coupler and a female coupler shaped to matingly detachably engage each other, each said coupler formed with a through axial hole extending from a first end to a second end and formed on its first end with means to fasten to a length of flexible hose, said male coupler formed at its second end as a collar open to said second end and fitted with a continuous annular rib of generally rounded cross-section projecting from the inside wall of said collar about the rim of the opening of said collar said female coupler formed at its second end as a collar open to said second end, with the internal opening of said collar of a size to fit over the collar of the male coupler, and a rim formed inside the collar of the female coupler extending from the interior of the said collar and spaced radially inwardly therefrom, said rim being formed with a recessed annular shape of a size to matingly engage the rib of said male coupler collar when said male coupler collar is nested inside the female coupler collar.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
199 words
A coupler assembly for detachably joining together two lengths of flexible garden hose comprising a male coupler and a female coupler shaped to matingly detachably engage each other, each said coupler formed with a through axial hole extending from a first end to a second end and formed on its first end with means to fasten to a length of flexible hose, said male coupler formed at its second end as a collar open to said second end and fitted with a continuous annular rib of generally rounded cross-section projecting from the inside wall of said collar about the rim of the opening of said collar said female coupler formed at its second end as a collar open to said second end, with the internal opening of said collar of a size to fit over the collar of the male coupler, and a rim formed inside the collar of the female coupler extending from the interior of the said collar and spaced radially inwardly therefrom, said rim being formed with a recessed annular shape of a size to matingly engage the rib of said male coupler collar when said male coupler collar is nested inside the female coupler collar.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The combination as recited in claim 1 in which the first end of said coupler is formed as a corrugated tube to fit into the bore of a flexible hose.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
The combination as recited in claim 1 in which the first end of a said coupler is formed as a screw thread of a size to engage a mating screw thread of a threaded coupler fastened to a garden hose.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The combinations as recited in claim 1 together with a Y unit of hollow tubular construction fitted with three openings with a said coupler formed at the mouth of each opening.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
102 words
The combination as recited in claim 1 in which the collar of the male coupler is formed with a detent that projects radially from the external wall of said collar, and the collar of the female coupler is fitted with a continuous slot that extends from the opening of said collar, with a section of said slot oriented for a portion of its length at an obtuse angle to the section of said slot that extends initially from the opening of the collar, said slot of a size to slidably engage the detent of the male coupler collar, in the assembled condition.