Kit and method for preventing a swimming pool cleaner from becoming caught on a main drain cover
OwnerHarry Albaugh, IIinventor
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Abstract
A kit for preventing a swimming pool cleaner from becoming caught on a main drain cover of a swimming pool including a flexible clip-on protective device with a printed company logo and an installation tool with three cylindrical retainers. The installation tool mounts the clip-on protective device onto the main drain cover to force the swimming pool cleaner to tilt to one side, so that the suction forces of the swimming pool cleaner and the main drain will not interact with each other. The installation tool is made by injection molding with a uniform thickness of 0.165 inch.
Claims19
A kit for preventing a swimming pool cleaner from becoming caught on a main drain cover being on top of a main drain of a swimming pool comprising:
- a) a clip-on protective device with an imprinted company logo thereon;
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- b) an installation tool to mount the clip-on protective device onto two opposite apertures of a circular ring of apertures of the main drain cover at a bottom of a swimming pool to force the swimming pool cleaner to tilt to one side, so that suction forces of the swimming pool cleaner and the main drain will not interact with each other.
A method for using a protective clip-on device to prevent a swimming pool cleaner from becoming caught on a main drain cover of a swimming pool comprising the steps of:
- a) attaching an installation tool to a telescoping pool utility pole;
- b) placing a clip-on protective device onto the installation tool wherein the clip-on protective device is held by three cylindrical retainers in a triangular configuration;
- c) maneuvering the installation tool with the clip-on protective device in an upstanding position over the main drain cover from one side of the swimming pool;
- d) inserting a first hook of the clip-on protective device into a first aperture on an outer circumference of the main drain cover;
- e) stretching the clip-on protective device across the main drain cover;
- f) snapping a second hook of the clip-on protective device into a second aperture on the outer circumference of the main drain cover so the clip-on protective device can be held firmly in the upstanding position;
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- g) removing horizontally the installation tool from the clip-on protective device, whereby the clip-on protective device will prevent the swimming pool cleaner from becoming caught on the main drain cover of the swimming pool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.