Patent ID: 8613116

Claim:
A pool cover handling device comprising: a floating beam having a water tight density of less than 1.0 gram per cubic centimeter and including an elongate member, the elongate member being substantially rigid and more than 3 feet long; an attachment assembly, the attachment assembly being adapted to detachably couple the floating beam to a flexible pool cover; a propelling device for manually deploying the pool cover handling device, the propelling device including: a one-piece flexible pulling device coupled to the floating beam; and a hand-held coiling member including a core more than 100 mm long with 2 lateral guides residing on the core and separated from each other by at least 100 mm, the flexible pulling device extending uninterrupted from the floating beam, through the lateral guides, and back to the floating beam; wherein the hand-held coiling member includes a central aperture sized for receiving and securing a portion of a medial loop formed by the flexible pulling device between the 2 lateral guides.