Patent ID: 8875334

Claim:
A vacuum hose apparatus for use in cleaning a swimming pool, said apparatus comprising: a housing; an inlet port extending through said housing; an outlet port extending through said housing, said outlet port being aligned with said inlet port; a conduit extending through said housing between said inlet port and said outlet port; a suction port extending into said housing, said suction port being in environmental communication with said conduit between said inlet port and said outlet port wherein said conduit is configured for creating suction through said suction port as a fluid is passed through said conduit from said inlet port to said outlet port; a bladder coupled to said housing, said bladder being positioned in said conduit between said inlet port and said suction port; a hole positioned in a distal end of said bladder relative to said inlet port wherein said bladder is configured for restricting the fluid as the fluid passes through said conduit increasing fluid pressure as the fluid passes through said hole; and a supply hose coupled to said inlet port, a distal end of said supply hose being configured for coupling to a fluid supply wherein fluid passes into said conduit through said inlet port.