Patent ID: 6368502
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: B01D,E04H

Abstract:
The combination of handle means and a tool for cleaning debris from swimming pools, said tool including frame means having a central opening covered by a net; retaining means for retaining said net on said frame means; and attachment means configured to permit attachment of said tool to handle means, in which said frame means and said attachment means are fabricated from metal and said frame means has first and second ends welded to said attachment means, in which said attachment means coaxially extends along a longitudinal axis, said frame means having a rear portion including said first and second ends, wherein said rear portion extends generally parallel to a first plane that is coincident with said longitudinal axis, said frame including a forward portion having a generally rectangular cross section wherein said forward portion includes a front edge constituting a major surface of said rectangular cross section of said frame member that faces outwardly away from said opening, a second plane coincident with said longitudinal axis and perpendicular to said first plane, wherein a plane coincident with said front edge forms an acute exterior angle with said first plane as viewed in a direction normal to said second plane when in an un-flexed position.