Patent ID: 7108293

Claim:
A pool cleaning assembly comprising: a pool cleaner having a head; a pipeline connected to the head; and a swivel connector connected to the pipeline, the swivel connector including: first and second connecting members including respectively first and second pipe sections; releasable connectors connected respectively to the first and second connecting members, the respective connectors having complemental, releasably engageable formations which, when they are engaged, allow relative swivelling, and retain the first and second pipe sections axially in predetermined, proximate arrangement against hydraulic and other parting forces, and which, when they are released, allow the first and second connecting members to be separated; and first and second complemental sealing formations arranged, when the first and second pipe sections are retained in said predetermined proximate arrangement, to establish sealed communication which allow swivelling between the first and second pipe sections, with the first complemental sealing formation being integrally formed with the first pipe member and the second complemental sealing formation being integrally formed with the second pipe member.