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US 2011/0225747 A1Published application
Swimming pool cleaners and components thereof
AssigneeZodiac Pool Systems LLC
InventorGerhardus Johannes Stoltz
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Abstract
Detailed are swimming pool cleaners and components including discs and bumpers. Discs may include upwardly-extending hooks or similar features connecting directly with the bumpers. The direct connections additionally may be configured to allow substantial (i.e. non-trivial) upward movement of the discs from their normal locations while preventing substantial downward movement of the discs that might cause the discs undesirably to fold in use.
Claims17
A flexible disc for use in association with a body of an automatic swimming pool cleaner, the disc comprising:
- a. an upper surface;
- and
- b. a member, in the form of a hook, extending from the upper surface.
An automatic swimming pool cleaner comprising:
- a. a body;
- and
- b. a flexible disc attached directly or indirectly to or integrally formed with the body, the flexible disc comprising an upper surface and a member, in the form of a hook, extending from the upper surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.