Patent ID: 7767096
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: C02F

Abstract:
1. A method to meter into the water in a swimming pool water soluble chlorine-containing granules of a granular water treatment chemical contained in a closed product container, the granules having a selected size and a specific gravity greater than that of water, the swimming pool including vertically oriented sides and a horizontally oriented bottom, and having a maximum depth of at least four feet, the water in the swimming pool having an upper generally horizontally oriented surface area of at least one hundred and fifty square feet, said method minimizing chorine damage to the sides and bottom of the swimming pool, and facilitating the even distribution of granules over the upper surface of the water in the swimming pool said method comprising the steps of (a) providing a granule dispensing unit comprising (b) providing a pole removably attachable to said handle; (c) removing said lid from said base; (d) opening the product container; (e) emptying a selected amount of the water soluble chlorine-containing granular chemical from the product container into said base; (f) attaching said lid to said top of said base; (g) attaching said handle to said pole; (h) inverting said dispensing unit above the water in the swimming pool; (i) manipulating said pole to