Patent ID: 6725489
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A swimming pool cleaning apparatus, comprising:a) an automatic pool cleaner, said cleaner having a housing, said housing having a front, a rear, an upper surface and a lower surface; b) a vacuum pole, said pole being elongated, said pole having a bore therein, said pole having a first and a second end, said first end for attachment to said upper surface of said housing of said pool cleaner and said second end for being grasped by a user; c) means for connecting said vacuum pole to said housing of said pool cleaner whereby the pole can be manipulated by a user to steer the pool cleaner; and d) said first end of said pole having a pair of securing holes disposed in the walls thereof, said securing holes being oppositely disposed for receiving a pair of securing pins, and said first end of said pole also having a pair of depressions disposed in the walls thereof, said depressions being oppositely disposed for receiving a pair of protrusions.