Patent ID: 8627519
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A unitary main drain suction outlet for a swimming pool comprising: a first water inlet configured to be disposed substantially within an inner surface of the swimming pool; a first longitudinal orifice in said first water inlet having a length substantially larger than a width; a first sump in flow communication with said first orifice and a first sump outlet; said first sump comprising a first wall and a second wall; said first wall and said second wall having said first orifice therebetween; a pump configured and disposed to pump water from the swimming pool, into said first orifice, through said first sump, and through said first sump outlet; said first orifice being configured and disposed to maintain any vacuum on a human body below a vacuum required for entrapment or evisceration of the human body upon the human body maximizing blockage of the flow of water into said first orifice when said pump is pumping water; said first wall comprising a substantially flat portion extending from a first longitudinal edge of said first orifice; and said second wall extending from a second longitudinal edge of said first orifice and comprising an outer portion, proximate said first orifice, curving away from said substantially flat portion of said first wall and an inner portion curving to said first wall, wherein said inner and said outer portions of said second wall form a circular portion of said sump.