Firehose handle system
View Patent ↗A firehose handle device that secures to a firehose and nozzle interface. The firehose handle device has two spaced apart handles oriented transverse to the firehose/nozzle coupling when secured thereto. In certain embodiments, the handles may be selectively adjustable relative to each other.
1. A handle device for a firehose and a nozzle operatively associated thereto, comprising:
a front ring dimensioned to both receive a coupling portion of a firehose coupling portion yet not receive a nozzle coupling portion a such a way that, when coupled, said coupling portions sandwich the front ring;
a front framing element extending away from the front ring;
a front handle extending transversely from the front framing element;
a rear ring;
a rear framing element extending away from the rear ring;
a rear handle extending transversely from the rear framing element;
the rear framing element having four or more frame connections holes linearly spaced apart;
two front side bracing elements extending from the front ring;
two rear side bracing elements extending from the rear ring;
the rear side bracing element having four or more side connections holes; and
a center support interconnects the front framing element and the two side bracing elements, wherein the center support has two opposing center side connection hole and one center frame connection hole, wherein the holes of the center support are dimensioned and spaced apart to simultaneously engage one of the four or more frame connection holes and one of the four or more side connections holes for each side bracing element so that the rear framing element is selectively adjustable relative to the front framing element.
2. The handle device of claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more lug slots along the rear ring, each lug slot dimensioned to slidably receive one lug of the firehose coupling portion.
3. The handle device of claim 2 , further comprising:
an inner radius of the front ring being less than an inner radius of the one or more lug slots,
whereby the firehose coupling portion is entirely slidable through the rear ring but not the front ring.
4. A method of decreasing fatigue when using a firehose, comprising:
providing the handle device of claim 1 ; and
threading the firehose coupling portion through the front ring until the front ring is sandwiched against the nozzle coupling portion.
5. The handle device of claim 1 , wherein the two side bracing elements are radially spaced apart from the front and rear elements, respectively, forming a skeletal configuration for facilitating adjustment of the front and rear framing elements relative to each other.