Patent ID: 11920368
Assignee: nan
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  C | IPC C  E

Claim 8:
9. A pool skimmer guard system for inhibiting objects from being sucked into a pool skimmer, said system comprising:
a swimming pool having a pool skimmer, said pool skimmer having an intake, said intake having a bounding edge, said bounding edge having a first lateral side and a second lateral side;
a rod being comprised of a resiliently bendable material thereby facilitating said rod to be bend into a U-shape such that said rod is positionable in said intake of said pool skimmer having said rod curving outwardly from said intake, said rod being comprised of a buoyant material thereby facilitating said rod to float in water wherein said rod is configured to inhibit floating objects in the swimming pool from being sucked into said intake of said pool skimmer, said rod having a first end, a second end and an outside surface extending between said first end and said second end, said rod being elongated between said first end and said second end; and
a pair of grips, each of said grips being coupled to said rod such that each of said grips is positionable in said intake of said pool skimmer when said rod is bent into said U-shape, each of said grips having a gripping edge being perpendicularly oriented with said rod, said gripping edge of each of said grips engaging a respective one of said first lateral side and said second lateral side of said bounding edge of said intake thereby inhibiting said rod from being dislodged from said intake, each of said grips having a primary end, a secondary end and an outer surface extending between said primary end and said secondary end, said outer surface of each of said grips being continuously arcuate about an axis extending between said primary end and said secondary end such that each of said grips has a cylindrical shape, said primary end of each of said grips being flattened, said secondary end of each of said grips being rounded, said primary end of each of said grips being coupled to a respective one of said first end and said second end of said rod, said primary end of each of said grips having a diameter being greater than a diameter of said rod such that said gripping edge of each of said grips is defined on said primary end of said grips that is exposed between said outside surface of said rod and said outer surface of said grips, said gripping edge defined on said primary end of each of said grips lying on a plane being perpendicularly oriented with said outside surface of said rod.