Patent ID: 6984315
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for cleaning a swimming pool surface, the apparatus comprising: a housing defined by a top section, a rear section, two side sections, a bottom section, and a substantially hollow cavity that runs along the inner longitudinal axis of the housing; a handle means mounted to the housing for providing directional control and movement of the housing; a wheel means movably mounted to the housing for facilitating forward, backward, and angular movement of the housing along the swimming pool surface; at least one debris agitator means rotatably attached to the housing to facilitate water movement through the housing and the removal of debris from the swimming pool surface; a scraping means attached to the bottom of the housing for scraping debris from the swimming pool surface; and a debris collection means detachably connected to the housing that filters debris from pool water and that allows filtered pool water to exit from the debris collection means, said debris collection means including a plurality of filtration means comprising at least one first filtration means for facilitating removal of solid debris, and at least one second filtration means for facilitating removal of debris which is smaller than the solid debris removed by the first filtration means.