Abstract:
The present invention provides an improved non-bristled brush for cleaning underwater surfaces, such as swimming pool walls and bottoms, and uses a sponge like cushion that is wrapped in absorbent material which can loosen dirt, algae and leaf stains.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    The present invention relates to a non bristled brush used in cleaning swimming pools and spas, 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    Through our experience of having an in-ground vinyl liner pool and having experienced the use of bristled swimming pool brushes that a new and improved means of cleaning the bottom came to light. Initially we wrapped a towel around an existing pool brush and tied it securely around the bristled pool brush. We found that it became easier to remove algae and leaf stains at the bottom of our vinyl liner pool with the toweling material. One problem we continued to experience was the deterioration of the bristles of the bristled pool brush caused by the chlorine and sunlight through normal use. The sharp bristles were everywhere. So the innovation of the Pool Swipe Pro came about. But what about others who came before? 
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       [0003]    Current U.S. Class: 15/160 ; 15/1.7; 15/201 132/73 ; 401/206 
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                 2,083,134 
                 June 1937 
                 Wood 
               
               
                   
                 3,273,187 
                 September 1966 
                 Williams 
               
               
                   
                 3,296,643 
                 January 1967 
                 Fortune 
               
               
                   
                 4,176,419 
                 December 1979 
                 MacDonald 
               
               
                   
                 D257521 
                 November 1980 
                 Piero 
               
               
                   
                 4,479,277 
                 October 1984 
                 Gilman et al. 
               
               
                   
                 4,637,087 
                 January 1987 
                 Feinberg 
               
               
                   
                 4,703,535 
                 November 1987 
                 Nehls 
               
               
                   
                 4,733,427 
                 March 1988 
                 Conrad 
               
               
                   
                 4,783,868 
                 November 1988 
                 O&#39;Callaghan 
               
               
                   
                 4,831,678 
                 May 1989 
                 Dietsche 
               
               
                   
                 D351948 
                 November 1994 
                 Getchell 
               
               
                   
                 5,487,397 
                 January 1996 
                 Bean 
               
               
                   
                 6,148,466 
                 November 2000 
                 Smitelli et al. 
               
               
                   
                 2007/0277338 
                 December 2007 
                 Takeuchi et al. 
               
               
                   
                 8,024,833 
                 September 2011 
                 Fuller et al. 
               
               
                   
                 8,528,146 
                 September 2013 
                 Abrahamson 
               
               
                   
                 8,707,503 
                 April 2014 
                 Saccoccio et al. 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0007]    If one could get years of additional service from their pool by using a non-bristled non-destructive pool brush, the owner would benefit economically from the improvement. Likewise, if the painted surface of a concrete pool could last for additional years before re-painting because of the use of a non-bristled brush, then it too would be considered a money saving device. Through these needs came this development and improvement to bristled pool brushes. It is now easier to loosen dirt and algae from the bottom and wall surfaces due to the added weight of the brush instead of trying to gouge our the debris from the surface as in the use of bristled pool brushes. One will instantly recognize the advantage of non-bristled pool brushes and the economic advantage it has for the consumer. 
         [0008]    Swimming pool brushes have been around for many years as long as swimming pools. Most traditional swimming pool brushes have an elongated handle receiver connected to a brush head. See for example U.S. Pat. No. D. 351,948 to Getchell; U.S. Pat. No. 3,296,643 to Fortune; U.S. Pat. No. 4,637,087 to Feinberg; U.S. Pat. No. 4,703,535 to Nehls; U.S. Pat. No. 4,733,427 to Conrad; U.S. Pat. No. 4,783,868 to O&#39;Callaghan; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,487,397 to Bean. However, these references are limited to having bristles 
         [0009]    U.S. Pat. No. Des. 257,521 to Piero; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,176,419 to MacDonald each describe other pool brushes where the bristles are only oriented about part of the perimeter edges of the brush head, and are also not capable of adequately cleaning all corners where walls and floors come together, areas where different planar walls intersect, edge areas where walls meet floors, around stairs, seats and the like. 
         [0010]    U.S. Pat. No. 2,083,134 to Wood shows a complex brush for “cleaning vats” having separately positioned bristle heads attached to two parallel brush heads, and also would not appear to be capable of adequately cleaning all corners where walls and floors come together, areas where different planar walls intersect, edge areas where walls meet floors, around stairs, seats and the like. 
         [0011]    U.S. Pat. No. 3,273,187 to Williams shows a triangular “vacuum cleaner head” of bristles that would be difficult to maneuver and use for adequately cleaning all corners where walls and floors come together, areas where different planar walls intersect, edge areas where walls meet floors, around stairs, seats and the like. 
         [0012]    U.S. Pat. No. 4,479,277 to Gilman et al. describes a scrub pad brush with downwardly oriented bristles and one side edge having rounded edge bristles. 
         [0013]    U.S. Pat. No. 6,148,466 to Smitelli, III et al. discloses a pool brush having a cylindrical body with semi-spherical rounded ends. The bristles, when the head is seen in cross section, extend about 280 degrees around the body with the body having a flat portion in top. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0014]    Referring now to the drawings, wherein like or corresponding reference numerals are used to designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, there is shown in 
           [0015]      FIG. 1 , is a oblique photographic view of a first embodiment of a non-bristled pool brush. 
           [0016]      FIG. 2 , a top plan view of the first embodiment of the non-bristled pool brush shown in  FIG. 1 . 
           [0017]      FIG. 3 , is a cross-sectional view of a non-bristled pool brush, cut along the line a-a of  FIG. 2 . 
           [0018]      FIG. 4 , is a top plan view of a second embodiment of a non-bristled pool brush. 
           [0019]      FIG. 5 , is a cross-sectional view of the second embodiment of a non-bristled pool brush, cut along the line a-a of  FIG. 4 . 
           [0020]      FIG. 4 . 
           [0021]      FIG. 6 , is a front partial cut out opening and cross-sectional view of a third embodiment of a non-bristled pool brush. 
           [0022]      FIG. 7 , is a top plan view with an enlarged view of a cut out cross-section, of a fourth embodiment of a non-bristled pool brush. 
       
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
       [0023]    Referring now to the drawings, wherein like or corresponding reference numerals are used to designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, there is shown in 
         [0024]      FIG. 1 , is a oblique photographic view of a first embodiment of a non-bristled pool brush  1 . The non-bristled pool brush  1  is comprised of a handle receiver;  2  and a brush body  3  comprised of having a core, foam, a cloth like cover  6 , and mechanical fasteners  7 . The handle receiver  2  comprises a tubular member  8  and a bottom plate  9  attached to the tubular member  8 . The handle receiver  2 , is typically comprised of aluminum or plastic. The handle receiver  2  has a top opening  10 , for hanging the pool brush, and side openings  11  in which a plastic spring clip can be inserted into the handle receiver  2  that locks a pole to the non-bristled pool brush  1 . 
         [0025]      FIG. 2 , a top plan view of a non-bristled pool brush of  FIG. 1 . The non-bristled pool brush  1  is comprised of a handle receiver;  2  and a brush body  3  comprised of having a core, foam, a cloth like cover  6 , and mechanical fasteners  7 . The handle receiver  2  comprises a tubular member  8  and a bottom plate  9  attached to the tubular member  8 . The handle receiver  2 , is typically comprised of aluminum or plastic. The handle receiver  2  has a top opening  10 , for hanging the pool brush, and side openings  11  in which a plastic spring clip can be inserted into the handle receiver  2  that locks a pole to the non-bristled pool brush  1 . The brush body  3  ends  12  are cylindrical and rounded. 
         [0026]      FIG. 3 , is a cross-sectional view of a non-bristled pool brush, cut along the line a-a of  FIG. 2 . The non-bristled pool brush  1  is comprised of a handle receiver;  2  and a brush body  3  comprised of having a core  4 , foam  5 , a cloth like cover  6 , and mechanical fasteners  7 . The handle receiver  2  comprises a tubular member  8  and a bottom plate  9  attached to the tubular member  8 . The handle receiver  2 , is typically comprised of aluminum or plastic. The handle receiver  2  has a top opening  10 , for hanging the pool brush, and side openings  11  in which a plastic spring clip can be inserted into the handle receiver  2  that locks a pole to the non- bristled pool brush  1 . 
         [0027]    The brush body  3  is comprised of a center core  4  running lengthwise through the near center of the brush body  3 . Open cell foam  5  surrounds the core  4  in one or more layers. The open cell foam  5  is then covered by a fabric material cover  6  generally consisting of synthetic cloth material. 
         [0028]    The brush body  3  is attached to handle receiver  2 , fastened together with one or more mechanical fasteners  7 . When the mechanical fasteners  7  tighten the bottom plate  9  of the handle receiver  2 , it compresses the cover  6  and open cell foam  5 , between the core  4  and the bottom plate  9  of the handle receiver  2 . 
         [0029]    Inside the brush body  3  is an inner core  4  comprised of plastic, and one or more layers of open cell foam  5  that is wrapped around the inner core  4 . The recesses  13  of bottom plate  9  of the handle receiver  2  compresses and locks the layers of the open cell foam  5  and the outer cover  6  into the recess areas  13 . 
         [0030]      FIG. 4 , a top plan view of a second embodiment of a smaller non-bristled pool brush  21 . The non-bristled pool brush  21  is comprised of a plastic handle receiver  22  and a brush body  23  comprised of having a core, foam, a cloth like cover  26 , and mechanical fasteners  27 . The handle receiver  22  comprises a tubular member  28  and a bottom plate  29  attached to the tubular member  28 . The handle receiver  22 , is typically comprised of aluminum or plastic. The handle receiver  22  has a top opening  30  for hanging the pool brush, and side openings  31  in which a plastic spring clip can be inserted into the handle receiver  22  that locks a pole to the non- bristled pool brush  21 . The brush body  23  ends  32  are cylindrical and rounded. 
         [0031]      FIG. 5 , is a cross-sectional view of the second embodiment of a non-bristled pool brush, cut along the line b-b of  FIG. 4 . 
         [0032]    The non-bristled pool brush  21  is comprised of a plastic handle receiver  22  and a brush body  23  comprised of having a core  24 , foam  25 , a cloth like cover  26 , and mechanical fasteners  27 . The handle receiver  22  comprises a tubular member  28  and a bottom plate  29  attached to the tubular member  28 . The handle receiver  22 , is typically comprised of aluminum or plastic. The handle receiver  22  has a top opening  30  for hanging the pool brush and side openings  31  in which a plastic spring clip can be inserted into the handle receiver  22  that locks a pole to the non- bristled pool brush  21 . 
         [0033]    The brush body  23  is comprised of a center core  24  running lengthwise through the near center of the brush body  23 . Open cell foam  25  surrounds the core  24  in one or more layers. The open cell foam  25  is then covered by a fabric material cover  26  generally consisting of synthetic cloth material. 
         [0034]    Inside the brush body  23  is an inner core  24  comprised of plastic, and one or more layers of open cell foam  25  that is wrapped around the inner core  24 . The recesses  33  of bottom plate  29  of the handle receiver  22  compresses and locks layers of the foam  25  and the outer cover  26  layers into the recess areas  33  of the bottom plate  29 . 
         [0035]      FIG. 6 , is a front partial cut out opening and cross-sectional view of a third embodiment of a non-bristled pool brush along the plane c-c. The non-bristled pool brush  31  is comprised of a plastic handle receiver;  32  and a brush body  33  comprised of having a core  34 , foam  35 , a cloth like cover  36 , and mechanical fasteners  37 . The handle receiver  32  comprises a tubular member  38  and a bottom plate  39  attached to the tubular member  38 . The handle receiver  32 , is typically comprised of aluminum or plastic. The handle receiver  32  has a top opening  40 ,  25 or hanging the pool brush, and side openings  41  in which a plastic spring clip can be inserted into the handle receiver  22  that locks a pole to the non- bristled pool brush  31 . 
         [0036]    The brush body  33  is comprised of a center core  34  running lengthwise through the near center of the brush body  33 . Open cell foam  25  surrounds the core  24  in one or more layers. The open cell foam  35  is then covered by a fabric material cover  26  generally consisting of synthetic fiber material, or a combination there-of. The brush body  33  ends  44  are cylindrical and rounded. 
         [0037]    The brush body  33  is attached to a plastic handle receiver  32 , fastened together with one or more mechanical fasteners  37 . When the mechanical fasteners  37  pass through the cover  36 , through the foam  35 , and into the core  34 . When the mechanical fasteners  37  tighten the bottom plate  39  of the plastic handle receiver  22 , it compresses the cover  36  and open cell foam  35  between the core  34  and the bottom plate  39  of the handle receiver  32 . 
         [0038]    The handle receiver  32  is made with curved ends  42  that flair upward. 
         [0039]    The partial cut out opening and cross-section shown as c-c. shows inside the outer cover  23 , the open cell foam  28  and a the plastic core  29 . The ends  43  of plastic core  29  flairs upward similar to the handle receiver  32  flared ends  42 . The plastic core ends  41  extends beyond the flared ends of the handle receiver  27 . 
         [0040]      FIG. 7 , is a top plan view with an enlarged view of a cut out cross-section, of a fourth embodiment of a non-bristled pool brush  51 . The extra long non-bristled pool brush  51  is comprised of a handle receiver  52 , that is typically comprised of aluminum or plastic, a brush body  53  comprised of having a core  54 , foam  55 , a cloth like cover  56 , and mechanical fasteners  57 . The handle receiver  32  comprises a tubular member  58  and a bottom plate  59  attached to the tubular member  58 . The handle receiver  52 , is typically comprised of aluminum or plastic. The handle receiver  52  has a top opening  60 , for hanging the pool brush, and side openings  61  in which a plastic spring clip can be inserted into the handle receiver  52  that locks a pole to the non- bristled pool brush  51 . 
         [0041]    The brush body  53  ends  62  are cylindrical and rounded. 
         [0042]    The expanded cross-section  63  shows us the glue weld  64  joining two or more plastic core  54  components. A cylindrical pin  65 , comprised of similar material to plastic core  54 , is glued  64 , both for alignment and additional strength to the assembly. The one or more sections of open cell foam  55  surrounds the plastic core  54  components.