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Apparatus for attachment to garden hoses in a wide range of sizes to provide a conventional hose fitting on an end thereof, which consists essentially of a tubular shank member molded of plastic material having exterior ring sections on one end thereof adapted to enter the interior of the hose end a

Apparatus for attachment to garden hoses in a wide range of sizes to provide a conventional hose fitting on an end thereof, which consists essentially of a tubular shank member molded of plastic material having exterior ring sections on one end thereof adapted to enter the interior of the hose end and a fitting on the opposite end thereof, a tubular collar member molded of plastic material having an internal threaded section on one end thereof engageable with an exterior threaded section on the shank member and an interior hose engaging flange on the opposite end thereof. A plurality of sizing members of different internal diameter sizes in the form of split rings is provided for engagement in abutting relation to the interior surface of the annular flange of the collar member.

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Apparatus for a re-usable attachment to garden hoses in a wide range of sizes to provide a conventional hose fitting on an end thereof, said apparatus comprising: (1) a tubular shank member molded of plastic material, said shank member having (a) an opening extending interiorly therethrough which is

Apparatus for a re-usable attachment to garden hoses in a wide range of sizes to provide a conventional hose fitting on an end thereof, said apparatus comprising: (1) a tubular shank member molded of plastic material, said shank member having (a) an opening extending interiorly therethrough which is frustoconical at one end portion thereof, (b) a series of hose engaging ring sections on the exterior of said one end portion extending therefrom toward the opposed end thereof, the diameter of each ring section extending from said one end portion exceeding the diameter of the preceding ring sections, (c) a threaded section on the exterior of said shank member adjacent the ring section of largest diameter, said threaded section having a diameter in excess of the diameter of said adjacent ring section, (d) a gripping section on the exterior of said shank member spaced from said threaded section, said gripping section extending radially outwardly beyond the periphery of said threaded section, and (e) a fitting on the end of said shank member opposite from said one end portion thereof, (2) a tubular collar member molded of plastic material, said collar member having (a) exterior gripping surfaces, (b) an interior threaded section in one end portion of a size to engage the exterior threaded section on said shank member, (c) an interior radially inwardly directed annular flange on the other end portion having an interior diameter greater than the diameter of the largest ring section on said shank member, and (d) an interior generally cylindrical surface extending between said threaded section and said annular flange having a diameter size intermediate the interior diameter size of said threaded section and said annular flange, and (3) a plurality of annular sizing members molded of plastic material, each of said sizing members comprising a split ring having (a) an outer section of an exterior size to fit within said collar member in surfaCe-to-surface engagement with the interior cylindrical surface of said collar member and an axially inwardly facing surface of the flange thereof, the exterior size of the outer section of each sizing member being the same, and (b) an inner section of an interior size to engage the exterior of an end portion of a hose the interior of which is engaged over a plurality of the ring sections on the exterior of said shank member, the interior size of the inner section of each sizing member being less than the interior diameter size of said flange and different from one another.