Pool drain with water diversion features

A pool drain for flush mounting installation in a surface formed of a predetermined surface material in a swimming pool or spa equipped with a pump-driven filtering system, the pool drain comprising:

• a sump having a drainage tube configured for fluid communication with the pump-driven filtering system therethrough;
• an elongated drain port disposed m fluid communication with the sump, the elongated drain port defining a drain intake having portions unevenly spaced from the drainage tube of the sump such that the elongate drain port is off-set from and positioned to a side of the drainage tube of the sump, the elongated drain port having a water stop formed to extend thereabout, the water stop being configured to anchor the elongated drain port within the predetermined surface material and prevent fluid leakage about the pool drain;
• an internal divider disposed beneath the elongated drain port, the internal divider partially occluding an internal space to deflect a portion of fluid entering through the elongated drain port, the internal divider being configured to direct the portion of fluid to pass around and under a surface thereof toward the drainage tube of the sump for equalizing suction pressure at the elongated drain port;
• wherein at least a portion of the pool drain remains exposed through the surface when installed in the swimming pool or spa, the exposed portion of the pool drain being surrounded by the predetermined surface material.

A pool drain for flush mounting installation in a surface formed of a predetermined surface material in a swimming pool or spa equipped with a pump-driven filtering system, the pool drain comprising:

• a cover structure and a basin structure are coupled to one another, the cover and basin structures cooperatively defining a sump therebetween, the sump having a drainage tube configured for fluid communication with the pump-driven filtering system therethrough;
• the basin structure defining an elongated drain port disposed in fluid communication with the sump, the elongated drain port defining drain intake having portions spaced from the drainage tube of the sump in non-equidistant manner such that the elongate drain port is off-set from and positioned to the side of the drainage tube of the sump;
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• an internal divider disposed beneath the elongated drain port, the internal divider partially occluding an internal space to deflect a portion of fluid entering through the elongated drain port, the internal divider being configured to direct the portion of fluid to pass around and under a surface thereof toward the drainage tube of the sump for equalizing suction pressure at the elongated drain port;
• wherein at least a portion of the pool drain remains exposed through the surface when installed in the swimming pool or spa, the exposed portion of the pool drain being surrounded by the predetermined surface material.