Patent ID: 9127469
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A safety system placed at the inlet of a pool's suction line for controlling water flowing from the pool into the suction line, comprising: a sleeve adapted to fit within the pool's suction line at the suction line's inlet, said sleeve being open at a first end thereof that is approximately aligned with the suction line's inlet, said sleeve terminating at a second end thereof with a plate adapted to reside within the suction line, said plate having a plurality of holes formed therethrough; a housing defining a plurality of distinct channels therein, said housing fitted in said sleeve wherein said distinct channels lie within said sleeve, each of said distinct channels having a first opening on one end thereof and a second opening on another end thereof wherein a plurality of first openings and a plurality of second openings are defined, each of said second openings residing in said sleeve, each of said distinct channels being at least approximately three feet in length and traversing a nonlinear path; and each of said first openings adapted to be in fluid communication with the water in the pool, said first openings distributed around a periphery of an area of said housing that prevents coverage of all said first openings when a human interacts therewith.