Abstract An assembly for joining two sections of garden hoses together, with the assembly formed of a male member that couples to a female member. Both members are formed at a first end with an externally corrugated tubular section that fits snugly inside of the end of a garden hose with segments of a shaped circular collar mounted to the corrugated tubular section to clamp externally about the end of the garden hose fitted over the corrugated section. The male fitting is formed at the second end of the fitting as a circular collar formed with a bead that projects from the inner face of the open end of the collar. A pair of pegs also project from the exterior of the male collar. The female fitting is formed at its second end as a circular collar of a size to fit over the male collar with shaped recesses to engage the bead and the pegs of the male collar. Alternate embodiments of the coupler may be formed as a Y-coupling, or coupling members may be formed with a male or female collar joined to a section of threaded tubing. A still further alternate embodiment is in the form of a coupling unit, each end of which is formed as a corrugated tube with a segmented collar mounted about each corrugated end.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.