Patent ID: 7146658

Claim:
A pool skimmer, which comprises a first tubular member defining an operative top end and an operative bottom end and having flotation means located thereon for suspending the tubular member in a floating configuration and in a substantially vertical orientation in a body of water at a level at which said top end of the tubular member serves as a weir for surface water of the body of water to flow over and into the tubular member; a second tubular member defining an operative top end and an operative bottom end and that is located in a telescopically displaceable configuration with respect to the first tubular member, the operative bottom end of the second tubular member extending beyond the operative bottom end of the first tubular member and including an end wall at said bottom end; a tubular connector in the form of a tube defining two ends and an aperture in the tube wall at a location between said two ends, the tubular connector being mounted on the second tubular member in a configuration in which the aperture is in liquid communication with an internal space defined by the tubular members, the two ends of the tubular connector each defining a connector formation that extends operatively outwardly from the second tubular member and that permit connection of the tubular connector in line with a hose of an automatic pool cleaner; and a flow control valve that controls the flow of water through the aperture in the tubular connector.