Patent ID: 6868562

Claim:
A skimmer protector for use in a swimming pool having a skimmer including a walled region and an intake pipe, comprising: a. a hollow, substantially closed body having walls formed from a resilient thermoplastic material with a bottom of said body having a screw threaded cylindrical projection that can be threaded into an intake pipe, a cylindrical protrusion extending below the cylindrical projection, and a cylindrical protrusion surrounding an outer opening on said body; b. a hollow blow-out tube having walls formed from a resilient thermoplastic material nested in said cylindrical protrusions and sealed to said protrusions such that it is in communication with said intake pipe and extends from said intake pipe through said cylindrical projection to the outer opening on the body; and c. said body with blowout tube, when threaded into an intake pipe, extending from said intake pipe so as to be compressibly disposed within a walled region of a swimming pool skimmer.