Patent ID: 6180017
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: B01D,E04H

Abstract:
A pool skimmer basket assembly for being submerged in a filter passage communicating with a filter opening formed in a wall of a pool to separate and capture debris entrained in pool water entering the filter opening and moving downstream through the filter passage, and said skimmer basket assembly being accessible through a user access opening communicating with the filter passage, such that said skimmer basket assembly is readily removable by a user for periodic emptying and cleaning, said skimmer basket assembly comprising:(a) a basket defined by walls and having an annular open top arranged for receiving pool water therethrough;(b) filter means for separating debris from pool water flowing downstream through the filter passage and through the open top of said basket; and(c) an extendable handle attached to said basket and moveable between a raised position and a lowered position, said handle having a grip portion for being grasped by the user to lift and remove said basket outwardly from the filter passage through the access opening, the grip portion of said handle being spaced-apart from the open top of said basket a distance greater than one-half the diameter of the open top of said basket upon movement of said handle to the raised position.