US Patent Issued to SAFE ROLL on May 26 for "Device for winding up a hose" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,321, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAFE ROLL Pty LTD. (Burnside, Australia).

"Device for winding up a hose" was invented by Matthew Simmonds (Burnside, Australia) and Larndis Fehlberg (Beaumont, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device wherein a flat hose can be rolled up around two arms. The device consists of two U-Shaped rollers that correct the orientation of the hose as it is rolled into the two arms. As the two arms are rotated by the user rotating a crank handle, the hose travels over the two U-shaped rollers and over the drum. The hose is released by the device by laying it on the ground and stepping onto a handle...