Patents by Inventor David Ray Smith

David Ray Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for lifting a skimmer well lid and for cleaning and lifting a skimmer basket
    Patent number: 9016738
    Abstract: A multipurpose tool and method usable to remove debris and/or other retentate from a skimmer basket or a filter associated with a swimming pool, and/or to remove the skimmer well lid and the skimmer basket and/or filter from a skimmer well. The tool comprises two elongate members pivotally connected, each elongate member having a protrusion connected thereto at one end and a handle at the other. Each elongate member can have a scooping element connected thereto. The protrusions can point away from each other and can be adapted to move away from each other in response to the handles being moved towards each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventor: David Ray Smith
  • Apparatus and method for lifting a skimmer well lid and for cleaning and lifting a skimmer basket
    Publication number: 20140015267
    Abstract: A multipurpose tool and method usable to remove debris and/or other retentate from a skimmer basket or a filter associated with a swimming pool, and/or to remove the skimmer well lid and the skimmer basket and/or filter from a skimmer well. The tool comprises two elongate members pivotally connected, each elongate member having a protrusion connected thereto at one end and a handle at the other. Each elongate member can have a scooping element connected thereto. The protrusions can point away from each other and can be adapted to move away from each other in response to the handles being moved towards each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventor: David Ray Smith