Patent ID: 7972504
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: E02B,E04H

Abstract:
1. A skimmer apparatus comprising: a floatation element defining an operative top end and configured to be buoyant; a non-floatation element defining an operative bottom and configured to submerge when placed in the body of water; a net material having a top edge connected to the floatation element and a bottom edge connected to the non-floatation element, and extending nearly a complete length of the floatation element; and a guide element comprising a rope material extending from at least one of a first side and second side of the floatation element and first side and the second side of the non-floatation element; wherein the guide element is configured so that a single individual may operate the skimmer apparatus anywhere within a body of water without assistance from a second individual where a reach of the skimmer apparatus is only limited by a length of the rope material; and wherein the net material is further configured without a rigid side member extending from the floatation device to the non-floatation device so that the net material is configured to close off side edges of the net material, that extends between the floatation element and non-floatation element, when the skimmer apparatus is removed from the body of water; and wherein the guide element comprises a plurality of ropes, a first rope individually extending from the first side of the floatation element, a second rope individually extending from the second side of the floatation element, a third rope individually extending from the first side of the non-floatation element, a fourth rope individually extending from the second side of the non-floatation element, and fifth rope that is connected to each respective end of the first, second, third, and fourth rope at a location away from the floatation element and non-floatation element so that a location within the body of water that the single individual uses the skimmer apparatus is only limited by the length of the ropes.