Patent ID: 9587409
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: E04H

Claim:
1. An apparatus for collecting debris near a surface of a pool, comprising: a first side with a first front end and a first back end; a second side with a second front end and a second back end, wherein the second side is generally parallel to the first side; a front cross piece extending from the first front end to the second front end; a back cross piece extending from the first back end to the second back end; a flexible cord with a first cord end and a second cord end, wherein the first cord end is connected to the first side at a first cord attachment point that is closer to the first front end than the first back end and wherein the second cord end is connected to the second side at a second cord attachment point that is closer to the second front end than the second back end and wherein the length of the flexible cord is less than three times the distance between the first side and the second side; an apparatus front end comprised of a front portion of the apparatus extending between the first and second front ends and the first and second cord attachment points; an apparatus back end comprised of a back portion of the apparatus extending between the first and second cord attachment points and the first and second back ends; a first elongated floatation device extending from the apparatus front end to the apparatus back end; a second elongated floatation device extending from the apparatus front end to the apparatus back end; a first screening medium extending from the apparatus front end to the apparatus back end; a control attachment point located on the flexible cord; and wherein the buoyancy of the apparatus front end is less than the buoyancy of the apparatus back end.