Locking device for hose nozzle attachments and accessories
View Patent ↗A hose attachment locking device for garden hose nozzle attachments and accessories. The locking device may prevent the removal of nozzle attachments and other accessories from a garden hose without first removing the locking device. Additionally, the locking device may prevent the operation of nozzle attachments and other accessories without first removing the locking device.
1. A hose ends locking combination lock comprising:
a cylindrical body;
a male connecting end on one end of the cylindrical body;
an opposing female connecting end on the opposing end of the cylindrical body;
a combination lock mechanism located on an exterior surface of the cylindrical body and which has a series of combination disk number dials capable of rotating in a rotary manner along an inside of the cylindrical body and engaging therein with at least one internal cylinder inside the cylindrical body, and having a series of numbers on an external face of at least three combination disk number dials;
and wherein the combination lock mechanism has a preset combination which, when set, causes the combination lock mechanism to fix the at least one internal cylinder inside the cylindrical body in relation to an exterior surface of the cylindrical body, wherein the external surface has an external ratchet mechanism.
2. The hose ends locking combination lock of claim 1 , wherein the locking of the at least one internal cylinder provides resistance such that the male end is capable of being secured into a female end of a hose attachment and the female end is capable of being secured into a male end of a hose, and wherein a set of numbers other than the pre-set combination, is set in the combination lock such removes engagement between the at least one internal cylinder and external ratchet mechanism, which prevents the removal of the hose attachment and the hose from the hose ends locking combination lock.
3. The hose ends locking combination lock of claim 1 , wherein combination disk number dials are capable of engaging therein with the at least one internal cylinder inside the cylindrical body by connection points between protrusions extending from an inside surface of the dials and apertures along the at least one internal cylinder.