Portable dry ice holding container for use with a swimming pool and associated method

A portable dry ice holding container for cooling water contained in an existing swimming pool, said portable dry ice holding container comprising:

• a buoyant cartridge adapted for being removably positioned in the existing swimming pool, said buoyant cartridge including
• a first end and a second end oppositely spaced therefrom, said second end being closed and said first end being open,
• a lid removably connected directly to said first end of said buoyant cartridge such that a cavity is formed between said first and second ends of said buoyant cartridge, and
• a unitary outer surface extending between said first and second ends, said outer surface having a plurality of spaced apertures formed therein for permitting the swimming pool water to ingress and egress said cavity respectively;
• a handle penetrated through said outer surface of said buoyant cartridge and traversing said cavity such that opposed ends of said handle remain continuously situated exterior of said cavity for assisting a user to retrieve said buoyant cartridge without directly contacting said outer surface of said buoyant cartridge;
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• a predetermined volume of dry ice removably seated inside said buoyant cartridge such that said dry ice remains confined within said cavity;
• wherein said dry ice interacts with the swimming pool water inside said cavity and thereby lowers a temperature of the swimming pool water prior to egressing said buoyant cartridge;
• wherein said handle has a generally oval shape and intersects said buoyant cartridge
• wherein said handle includes means for agitating the swimming pool water inside said cavity by linearly reciprocating said handle relative to said container along a bi-directional linear path.

A method for cooling water contained in an existing swimming pool, said method comprising the chronological steps of:

• a. providing and removably positioning a buoyant cartridge in the existing swimming pool, said buoyant cartridge including
• a first end and a second end oppositely spaced therefrom, said second end being closed and said first end being open,
• a lid removably connected directly to said first end of said buoyant cartridge such that a cavity is formed between said first and second ends of said buoyant cartridge, and
• a unitary outer surface extending between said first and second ends, said outer surface having a plurality of spaced apertures formed therein for permitting the swimming pool water to ingress and egress said cavity respectively;
• b. providing and penetrating a handle through said outer surface of said buoyant cartridge by traversing said handle through said cavity, said handle having a generally oval shape and intersecting said buoyant cartridge, said handle further including means for agitating the swimming pool water inside the cavity;
• c. continuously maintaining opposed ends of said handle situated exterior of said cavity for assisting a user to retrieve said buoyant cartridge without directly contacting said outer surface of said buoyant cartridge;
• d. providing and removably seating a predetermined volume of dry ice inside said buoyant cartridge by detaching said lid from said first end of said buoyant cartridge;
• e. attaching said lid to said first end of said buoyant cartridge such that said dry ice remains confined within said cavity;
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• f. linearly reciprocating said handle relative to said container along a bi-directional linear path;
• said dry ice interacting with the swimming pool water inside said cavity and thereby lowering a temperature of the swimming pool water prior to egressing said buoyant cartridge.