ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,467, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HUSQVARNA AB (Huskvarna, Sweden).

"Hose reel assembly" was invented by Tobias Schlegel (Illerkirchberg, Germany) and Rainer Kaupp (Blaubeuren, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile hose reel assembly (100) includes a housing (110). The housing (110) includes a first wall (112), a second wall (114) coupled with and disposed opposite to the first wall (112) and a handle portion (116) coupled with the first wall (112) and the second wall (114). The housing (110) further includes a hose reel module (120) housed within the housing (110). The hose reel module (120) includes a hose reel (122...