Patent ID: 6355180
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: E04H,F24S,Y02E

Abstract:
A swimming pool covering, heating, and cleaning system for allowing a swimming pool having a rim and pool water to be covered, heated, and cleaned with a single system comprising, in combination:a bracket, the bracket having a sleeve, the bracket mounted near the pool rim such that the sleeve extends transverse to the pool rim; an elongated pole having a handle end and a pole free end opposite therefrom, and a elongated pole length therebetween, the pole free end is mountable within the bracket to allow rotation of said elongated pole therein, the elongated pole having a rope having a pair of rope ends, the rope ends are attached at two points along the elongated pole length to form a rope loop; a solar cover dimensioned for covering a swimming pool, the solar cover having a free end which is selectively inserted through the rope loop of the elongated pole to then secure said cover to the elongated pole, whereby rotation of the handle will cause the solar cover to wrap around the elongated pole; and a cleaning portion secured to a periphery of the swimming pool, the cleaning portion including a horizontal pole extending selectively mountable in the bracket when the elongated pole is not positioned therein, the horizontal pole extending outwardly therefrom over the swimming pool, a skimmer extends downward from the horizontal pole such that the skimmer is positioned in the pool water to catch debris therein.