Skimmer-diverter assembly for removing debris from swimming pools and the like

A skimmer-diverter assembly for swimming pools and the like having a water circulation and filtration system and a skimmer intake at a side wall thereof and having an established flow direction of circulation, said assembly comprising:

• an elongated floating arm portion having one and thereof adapted to be positioned adjacent the downstream side of a said skimmer intake and an opposite end;
• mounting means on said one end for pivotally mounting said assembly adjacent a said skimmer intake to permit said opposite end to be positioned, selectively, away from and adjacent to a said side wall;
• first flow diverting means on said floating arm portion extending from a position above the water surface in said pool to a position below said water surface and constraining water circulating in said established direction of circulation to flow both upwardly and inwardly along the upstream side of said arm portion and into a said skimmer intake when the opposite end of said arm portion is away from said side wall and said arm is angled acutely with respect to said wall into the said direction of circulation to effect an operative position thereof;
• second flow diverting means on said other end of said arm portion extending from a position above to a position below the said water surface for enhancing the flow inward along said arm and including means for constraining an enhanced flow inwardly along the downstream side of said arm when said arm is in said operative position;
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• retaining means for selectively retaining said arm portion in said operative position.