Hose clamp assembly

Claim 1

In combination with an elongate, constictable, relatively slack hose, and an elongate, substantially incompressible, relatively taut cable disposed generally laterally adjacent and parallel thereto, a clasp assembly for gripping said hose and securing said hose to said cable for stabilizing said hose underwater, said clasp assembly comprising: a. mating first and second gripping components with a pivotable connection to each other, said components having respective opposed longitudinally extending edges distal said pivotable connection, and movable about said connection to encircle said hose for frictional, substantially non-constricting gripping engagement between said clasp assembly and said hose; b. locking means on said gripping components for locking said components together, said locking means including: i. a bolt section pivotally secured to said first gripping component adjacent its edge and having a threaded movable end; ii. a nut member threaded to said movable end of said bolt section; iii. a plate member rigidly adjoined to and extending generally radially from said second gripping component adjacent its edge, said plate member having a generally radially opening slit therein for receipt of said bolt section, and an outer side surface flared away from said edge of said second gripping component from its radially innermost to its radially outermost extremity whereby said nut member may engage said outer side surface, when said bolt section is received in said slit, at an angle to lock said components together; and c. clamp means connected to the exterior of one of said components for gripping said cable.