Patent ID: 8713723

Claim:
An improved swimming pool cover assembly for raised wall shaped pools and spas, the assembly comprising: a pool cover shaped to extend across said pool or spa surface, said pool cover anchored in a plurality of anchor bolts embedded in a decking about said pool or spa, a portion of said pool cover abutting a straight or arcuate raised wall of said pool or spa; a plurality of cable guides horizontally alignably embedded into said raised wall of a pool or spa at a height equal to a said decking of said pool or spa; a cable having a first anchored end, said cable extending across said raised wall to a second anchored end, said cable frictionally engaged in said cable guides embedded in said raised wall, said portion of said pool cover abutting said raised wall of said pool or spa anchored to said cable extending across said raised wall on said cable guides; a gap eliminating bumper comprising a flexible, longitudinal member defined by a central longitudinal web having first and second parallel, longitudinal sleeves positioned on each opposing longitudinal edge of said web, said first and second longitudinal sleeves selectively open at least one end for the insertion of one or more weighted rod members, said web having selective apertures formed therein for positioning said web over said cable guides and between said raised wall and said cable guide, said first longitudinal sleeve and weighted buoyant rod member positioned below said cable and said second longitudinal sleeve and weighted buoyant rod members positioned above said cable sandwiching said portion of said pool cover attached to said cable between said longitudinal sleeves and weighted buoyant rod members and eliminating any gap between said pool cover and said raised wall.