Patent ID: 7727387

Claim:
A pool skimmer device to operate independently of but connected with a pool filter and pump assembly comprising: (a) a bucket assembly with at a first end of the bucket assembly a top cover; (b) an intake port in said bucket assembly; (c) at a second end of said bucket assembly opposite from said top cover, an electrically powered means for a magnetically operated pump; (d) an outlet port for water pumped from inside of said bucket assembly to outside of said bucket assembly by said means for a magnetically operated pump body said outlet part operatively connected to said pool filter and pump assembly; (e) a pump cover to fit on top of said magnetically operated pump; (f) a swirl cap to fit above said pump cover to direct water flow in a predetermined direction whereby said means for a magnetically operated pump pumps water from the top of said bucket assembly through the outlet port in said bottom of pump assembly to result in a circulation of water into said bucket assembly thereby collecting debris floating on the surface of a pool.