Patent ID: 7867389

Claim:
An electric pool cleaning vehicle having a drive assembly and including an advanced system for draining water from the vehicle as the vehicle is removed from a pool of water, the vehicle comprising: the vehicle including a housing defining a body shell and the body shell having an interior cavity, a top, sides and a front and back and an electrical power cord to supply power to the vehicle having a connection point on the vehicle; within the body cavity is located a filtering system and the vehicle including drain door assembly and the drain door assembly having an inlet connected to the filtering system, the drain assembly includes a mesh screen that keeps debris and dirt in the body cavity while allowing water to be drained from the pool cleaning vehicle; a handle located on top of the vehicle and adjacent the electrical cord connection point, sized and shaped to easily lift the vehicle filled with water out of a pool; and the drain door assembly being on the bottom defining an opposed portion of the vehicle from the handle.