Patent ID: 6237175
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A swimming pool cleaner operable through a vibratory movement thereof, the swimming pool cleaner comprising:a housing;vibrating means carried by the housing for providing a vibratory movement thereto;a rigid friction support carried by the housing at a first orientation thereto for operably engaging a surface to be cleaned, the rigid friction support having a first end operable with the housing, and a second end for frictional contact with the surface to be cleaned, wherein the rigid friction support includes an elongate shape with the first end having a bore therein for receiving a pivot member, wherein the housing further includes a pivot member engaging the bore and permitting rotation of the rigid support thereabout, and wherein a notch formed within the rigid friction support extends into the bore for receiving the pivot member therethrough for positioning into the bore; andbiasing means integrally formed with the rigid friction support, the biasing means operable between the housing and the rigid friction support for biasing the rigid friction support toward the first orientation and limiting movement thereof, which movement displaces the second end and thus displaces the rigid friction support from the first orientation to a second orientation.