Patent ID: 9447595
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: E04H

Claim Text:
1. A pool skimmer system, comprising: a skimmer housing comprising a pool throat opening having an upper wall and a lower wall, a deck throat opening, a basket opening, a lower skimmer rim proximate the basket opening, an upper skimmer rim on a skimmer interior wall of the skimmer housing at an elevation at least halfway between the upper wall and the lower wall, and one or more pump suction ports; a basket positioned within the housing and comprising a lower basket rim engaged with the lower skimmer rim, an upper basket rim engaged with the upper skimmer rim, a porous basket bottom opposite the upper basket rim, a lower basket portion comprising one or more continuous porous sidewalls positioned between the lower rim and the porous basket bottom, and an upper basket portion comprising a radially discontinuous porous sidewall extending between the lower basket rim and the upper basket rim and bordered by a basket side rim on each lateral side, the two basket side rims each extending from the lower basket rim to the upper basket rim, and a pool inlet opening between the side rims, the lower basket rim and the upper basket rim and aligned with the pool throat opening; and a fluid continuous path outside the lower basket porous sidewall and the upper basket porous sidewall that extends from the one or more suction ports to the upper basket rim.