Patent ID: 7421754

Claim:
A hose lifter, for use by a user in conjunction with an existing swimming pool having side walls and a bottom and containing water, and in conjunction with an existing underwater pool cleaning device having an elongated hose extending therefrom, wherein the pool cleaning device is selectively submerged within the water contained within the swimming pool while cleaning the side walls and bottom of the pool, said hose lifter for selectively maintaining the cleaning device at a vertically elevated position above the bottom of the pool, said hose lifter comprising: a hollow transparent float having a bottom, a top having peripheral threads, an opening at the top, an external surface, a pair of spatially separated strap slots located on the external surface in proximity to the bottom, and a strap slot located in proximity to the top, each of the slots having a slot opening, said float for selective containment of an amount of water therein; a screw cap having an internal surface having threads which match the peripheral threads of the top of the float, thereby allowing the user to selectively seal the opening of the float by threading the screw cap onto the top of the float; and two elongated straps for selectively attaching the float to a portion of the hose by extending the straps through the openings in the strap slots and wrapping the straps around the hose, each strap having a first end, a second end, and a buckle at the first end for selectively engaging the second end of the strap while the strap is being utilized to fasten the float to the hose; and wherein the buoyancy of the float may be selectively varied by the user by selectively filling the float with various amounts of water, thereby enabling the hose lifter, and the portion of the hose and the cleaning device attached thereunto, to float at different vertical levels within the water of the pool, and thereby enabling the user to use the cleaning device for cleaning portions of the side walls of the pool which are at elevated heights above the bottom of the pool.