Patent ID: 9528288
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: E04H

Claim Text:
1. A pool skimming net having a circumferential frame member, and a net member located within said circumferential frame member wherein said circumferential net member has a distal end and a proximal end located respectively across a length of an upper portion of said circumferential frame member, a first point of attachment defined by an articulated joint member generally located one third of the way across a length of said circumferential frame member relative to said distal end, and a second point of attachment defined by a retainer member pivot point located generally two thirds of the way across said length of said circumferential frame member relative to said distal end, and a third point of attachment defined by a handle clamp member located generally at said proximal end of said circumferential frame member, said articulated joint member being rotationally attached to a handle member, said retainer member pivot point being rotationally attached to a retainer member, and said retainer member being slidingly connected to said handle member by way of a resiliently deformable friction clamp member, said handle clamp member also being resiliently deformable so that it releasably connects to said handle member when said handle member is in a configuration that is substantially parallel to said circumferattial frame member and disengages said handle member when said handle member is in an acute angle configuration relative to said circumferential frame member, wherein said articulated joint member, and said retainer member pivot point, and said retainer member form a three point triangular leveraging configuration to hold said circumferential frame member when said handle member is in a substantially acute angle configuration relative to said circumferential frame member, and a three-point linear leveraging configuration to hold said circumferential frame member when said handle member is in a substantially parallel configuration relative to said circumferential frame member.