Patent ID: 6912739

Claim:
In a pool installation having a reservoir supplied with water from a pump in a supply line and returned to the pump in a return line having a terminal end, a drain assembly including said terminal end comprising: a drain body member having a peripheral wall defining a upwardly opening cavity; aperture means on said drain body member for receiving into said cavity said terminal end; a cover member overlying peripheral wall and said cavity; a coupling member connected to said terminal end of said return line, said coupling member including an upwardly opening socket in fluid communication with said terminal end of said return line; a sleeve assembly including a first cylindrical sleeve member including a plurality of apertures therein; a cylindrical first collar connected to a lower end of said first sleeve member; a cap member covering an upper end of said sleeve assembly, said collar being received in said upwardly opening socket and connected to said coupling member; and fastener means connecting said cover member to said cap member; and flow control apertures in said drain body member for allowing water flow into said cavity, through said sleeve assembly into said terminal end of said return line, said sleeve assembly precluding complete obstruction of said flow control apertures in the event said cover member becomes displaced.