Patent ID: 7344639

Claim:
A swimming pool, comprising: a bowl having an interior, a floor and a wall, said bowl adapted for holding water; a circulation system in fluid communication with said interior of said bowl, said circulation system having plural pipes, a pump having a suction side and a pressure side, means for filtering particulate from said water, and a set of at least two drains located in the floor of said bowl, said suction side of said pump being connected by said plural pipes to said set of at least two drains and said particulate filtering means so that said water in said bowl can be drained through said set of at least two drains and through said particulate filtering means, said set of at least two drains being connected to one pipe of said plural pipes via a Y connection having two lines on one side and a line on an opposing side of said Y connection, said one pipe being positioned between said set of at least two drains and said particulate filtering means, so that said set of said at least two drains can be connected to said two lines on one side of said Y connection and said one line on said other side leads to said filtering means; and jets mounted to said wall of said bowl and connected to said pressure side of said pump, said jets returning water drained from said bowl to said bowl and sweeping particulate down said wall to said floor of said bowl as said jets return said water to said bowl.