Abstract: A swimming pool cleaning system 2 is provided which provides both water suction and compressed air to a pool cleaning device. A pump 20 draws water form a swimming pool P through the pool cleaning device, an attached vacuum hose 14 and a suction line 12. An air inlet port 10 enters the suction line 12 adjacent the pump 20. The pump 20 then compresses the air A and pumps the water to a higher pressure simultaneously. The pump 20 is followed by a main pool filter 40 in which the water is filtered and returned to the pool P and the compressed air A is separated. A compressed air outlet 50 draws the compressed air A out of the main pool filter 40 and delivers the compressed air A to the pool cleaning device along a compressed air supply line 58. The air inlet port 10 includes a hollow inner tube segment 60 partially surrounded by a resilient outer sleeve 70.

Abstract: A cantilevered canopy has four elements including an umbrella, a pole, a mounting bar and an anchoring means and can be mounted on the side of a swimming pool, or adjacent an area of utilization so as to afford shading protection to the user at a location remote from the point of support.

Abstract: The fence system includes a trench and a collapsible screen which is mounted in the trench. A lifting device engages the top of the screen and the latter in fixed inside the trench. The lifting device is designed to raise the top of the screen to an extended position at a predetermined height, and also to lower it to a retracted position inside the trench. A closure is provided which closes the trench when the screen is collapsed in retracted position.

Abstract: A swimming pool skimmer closure having a sealing face plate positioned across the open end of the skimmer inlet and held thereon by a bolt extending through the center of the face plate and through a transversely extending brace member abutting interior, transversely spaced shoulders integral with the skimmer housing. The face plate is tightened into sealing engagement against the skimmer inlet by a nut threaded onto the end of the bolt and abutting the brace member so that the skimmer can be drained without draining the pool water during the winterization of the pool.

Abstract: A portable swimming pool water level maintenance device for releasible attachment to a swimming pool having a built-in skimmer. The device includes an upright conduit open at each end and having a conventional toilet ball cock valve and vertically slidable float assembly mounted therewithin. The water inlet of the valve is connectable to the water discharge end of a garden hose, fill water being supplied from the garden hose through the valve to raise the water level sufficiently for the float to close the valve. The conduit is held in upright orientation and vertical position by three spaced, parallel elongated horizontal support members and an elongated upright support member connected to the side of the conduit and arranged to releasibly engage against the deck, inside upper surface of the skimmer and the pool wall surface just below the skimmer.

Abstract: A cover for a water pool comprised of flexible waterproof material having a drainage opening positioned therein and a sleeve defining a passageway secured on the cover and in alignment with and intersecting the drainage opening allowing a filter to be slidably positionable therein for filtering of rain water and melting snow to remove particulate matter, the filter repositionable or removable for cleaning without the need for removing the cover for the water pool.

Abstract: A hanger/hook accessory supports articles on a vertically dependent member hung from an outer underside of a pool rim member. The hanger/hook accessory has a mounting bracket attached to an outer underside of a pool rim member; a removable fastener device connecting the mounting bracket to a member having opposite ends; and a hook connected to the member for supporting the articles. In a second embodiment, a mounting bracket is attached to outer underside of the pool rim member, the bracket having a vertically extending dependent portion; a hook with a mounting connector portion at one end; and a removable fastener device securing the mounting connector portion of the hook to the dependent portion of the bracket.

Abstract: A winterizing check valve system comprised of a cylindrical check valve having a hollow securement portion and a housing portion. The hollow securement portion is adapted for coupling with an end of a return line for a swimming pool. The housing portion is adapted for securement to the hollow securement portion. The housing portion has a spring therein. The housing portion has a ball coupled therein adjacent to the spring. The housing portion has a plurality of openings therein. The check valve system has an adapter plug having a first end and a second end. The adapter plug has an opening formed therethrough. The first end is adapted to couple with an opposing end of the return line for the swimming pool. The second end is adapted to couple with a compressor.

Abstract: A pool for supporting a table and chairs within a volume of water. The inventive device includes a bottom panel having a perimeter sidewall projecting upwardly therefrom. A central sidewall is concentrically positioned relative to the perimeter sidewall and projects from the bottom wall and about a central aperture directed therethrough. An anchor is positioned within the central wall for receiving an umbrella post to permit central positioning of a table and radially spaced positioning of chairs within the pool.

Abstract: A siphoning device used to attain the desired level of water in a swimming pool or other like pools of water that are either overfilled from rain water or from overfilling. A small simple plastic tubular device that is designed to connect to a regular garden hose and hang over the pool edge. A vertical soft plastic threaded tubular pick-up pipe exhibiting threads on one end connects into a vertically aimed threaded fitting of the device and extends into the water to be cut-off by user with a knife at the point that represents the users desired level of water for the pool. Upon filling of the garden hose with water and creating a natural gravity siphon action by locating the termination portion of the hose at a point in the yard that is horizontally a few inches or more lower than the desired pool level, water will be pulled or drained through the siphon device until pool water level reaches the level of the soft plastic pipe cut-off.

Abstract: A debris collecting device for a swimming pool skimmer includes a floating elongated dam insertable in a dam holder. The dam holder is inserted into the skimmer's cavity of a swimming pool, having a through-the-wall skimmer opening, for a filter pump. The location of the floating dam increases the efficiency of the pool pump skimming function, by catching and directing floating debris on the pool's surface in its reach thru the skimmer's opening, into the filter pump, therefore cutting running time of the pump, saving energy and cost for pool owners. The holder itself is adjustable for most sizes of through-the-wall skimmer/filter inlet cavities. A readily available broomstick screwed into holder acts as the floating dam, reaching into the pool at a slight angle projecting toward the flow of water. An optional directional water return outlet is provided, to increase the effect of the floating dam.

Abstract: A floating recreational seating device comprised of an inflatable tube portion formed by four semi-circle portions. An air intake valve extends inwardly within the inflatable tube portion. The air intake valve couples with a pipe that extends inwardly of the inflatable tube portion. The inflatable tube portion has a plurality styrofoam blocks disposed intermittently therein. Each of the styrofoam blocks has a pipe extending therethrough. The pipe allows air to flow through the inflatable tube portion. The inflatable tube portion serves to fill with air to float in a body of water. Four seat portions are secured to the four semi-circle portions of the inflatable tube portion. The four seat portions extend downwardly of the inflatable tube portion. The four seat portions are adapted for a user to sit in while the inflatable portion is within a body of water. A square support portion secures to the four securement rings of the inflatable tube portion.

Abstract: A swimming pool skimmer apparatus having a skimmer arm with one end positioned inside the opening of a swimming pool weir and held in position by a pair of spring loaded pins, and the opposite end is shaped in the form of a hook to direct some of the water current flow along the line of the skimmer arm and toward the swimming pool weir. A screen is held in an opening formed within the skimmer arm along the greater part of the length and width of the skimmer arm. With the flow of the swimming pool inlets directed in one direction, a circular, counter clockwise current is set up and the pool skimmer of the invention diverts the debris into the swimming pool weir.

Abstract: A system for overflow protection for swimming pools and tanks that conserves water by taking excess water from the bottom of the tank including a weighted hose directed near the bottom of the tank and connected to the protector. The protector has inlet, outlet and vent passages, where the inlet is at an elevation below the surface of the pool and the nadir of the outlet passage is at the surface elevation of the pool and the vent is open. A hose connected to the outlet directs overflow away from the pool. Charging the weighted hose will cause fluid above the outlet elevation to discharge excess fluid. In an alternative embodiment a plug is inserted into the vent and charging the weighted hose will cause the pool to drain to the level of the end of the hose.

Abstract: A seat lift includes a cylinder, a frame, a seat, and a block which wraps around the cylinder and moves with the frame to support the frame.

Abstract: A lift device for providing unassisted, safe and easy access for disabled or injured persons to a swimming pool or other enclosures of water. The lift device comprises a base frame, a swing arm, an electrical motor for reversibly rotating the swing arm, a fixed housing, a moveable support structure, an electrical motor for moving the moveable support structure, and a carriage. The disabled or injured individual can activate the lift device by a movable pushbutton station, while seated in the carriage. Once the lift device is activated, the electrical motor for reversibly rotating the swing arm rotates the swing arm, roller support structure and translating support structure over the pool or other enclosure of water. At this point, the disabled or injured individual can activate the electrical motor for translating the translating support structure in order to lower the carriage into the pool.

Abstract: A protective inflatable edge guard which is provided to extend around the deck of a swimming pool adjacent the edge of the deck at the swimming pool and along edges of structural components or members associated with the pool. The edge guard thereby provides protection to swimmers and others using the swimming pool by precluding hard contact with said edges. The protective edge guard is comprised of a plurality of inflatable tubes which are sized and shaped to extend around the edges of the swimming pool deck and structural components thereof. Moreover, the individual tubes are endwise abuttable to form a generally peripherally extending edge liner. A member is provided on the inflatable tubes to hold the endwise abutted inflatable tubes along the edge of the swimming pool deck.

Abstract: An enlarged pool skimmer with a buoyancy component including a frame. The frame is formed of an upper horizontal tube in an inverted U-shaped configuration with downwardly extending ends and a lower angled tube in a U-shaped configuration with upwardly extending ends and with vertically extending brackets coupling the ends of the tubes at an outboard side and an inboard side. The brackets are formed with longitudinal slots extending vertically over the majority of the central extent of the brackets. A cylindrical pipe is positionable in a horizontal orientation with supports at the opposite ends thereof for adjustably coupling the ends of the pipe to the slots of the brackets. Also included are bolts and associated nuts which extend through the brackets at the ends of the pipe to allow for vertical adjustment of the pipe with respect to the frame. A fine mesh screen is formed of a plastic material covering the space between the upper tube, the lower tube and the side brackets.

Abstract: A cover devised to be positioned over and to overlay an opening contiguous to a swimming pool such as a stairwell opening. The cover is a preformed modular plastic unit. The cover may comprise a single molded piece or a plurality of pre-molded sections that are secured side-by-side to form a rigid unit. The cover is preferably slightly domed and provided with integrally formed strengthening ribs or channels. The dome shape facilitates flowing of water which may accumulate on the cover surface, to the rear and to the sides of the cover. Suitable means, such as pliable plastic water filled tubes, or other hold down means, function to retain the cover in place when in position, against undesirable dislocation from its covering position. The cover also facilitates the installation of a flexible vinyl liner in a swimming pool by providing means to hold the liner over, and to seal, the opening during the installation of the liner.

Abstract: An above-ground outdoor circular swimming pool having the typical outer circumscribing support walls with a through-space as symbolic porthole-like window there is placed within space circumscribed by the outer circumscribing support walls, a water-retaining translucent or transparent liner mounted at and suspended circumscribingly from upper securing structure at the top of the circumscribing support walls. Thereby the secured and suspended transparent liner wall when containing water is pressed toward the porthole-like window, such that there is provided a line-of-sight view from each of the inside and the outside through the transparent liner. The liner itself if sufficiently rigid or sturdy in part or in whole, and/or alternatively a separate supporting transparent sheet-like transparent rigid and sturdy solid and/or mesh structure overlaps the through-space.

Abstract: An elongated flexive cradle is provided including longitudinally spaced and variably inflatable head, lower back and thigh cushions. At least the lower back and thigh cushions are adjustably shiftable longitudinally of the cradle and remote operable hand acutatable inflation/deflation structure is operatively associated with the cushions for individual adjustable inflation and deflation thereof by a person disposed on the cradle in a reclining position thereon when the cradle is disposed generally parallel and closely beneath the surface of a body of water.

Abstract: A pool cover is formed by a plurality of hexagonal pads which float separately on the pool surface and orient themselves to cover the majority of the pool service in edge to edge floating relationship. The pads can be removed from the pool and stacked together on top of each other up to for example 5 or 6 high with the top cover panel being shaped to define a seat or a table top surface. The seat is supplemented by a seat back structure which is snap fastened into place on top of the seating surface. Each side edge of the hexagonal panel has a hand hold arrangement with downwardly projecting underside ribs to assist stacking. A central lock bar or key extends through vertically aligned holes in the panels to lock them in the stack. The cover panels thus can be connected together to form pool furniture around the pool to provide a useful function rather than merely requiring storage space.

Abstract: A deflecting device attachable to a pool edge for guiding surface debris into a pool skimmer. The device includes a clamp adjustably attachable to the pool edge by a pair of thumb screws. A pair of guide rods extend vertically from the clamp and are operable to movably support a floating deflector proximate the pool skimmer to guide surface debris thereinto. The guide rods allow the deflector to travel in a vertical direction to accommodate various fluctuations in surface water level. An alternate embodiment of the present invention includes a deflector formed of a plurality of portions pivotally coupled together such that an impact by a swimmer will uncouple such portions to preclude injury.

Abstract: A skimmer assembly for swimming pools includes an arrangement to facilitate the emptying of debris from the skimmer basket. A handle is pivotally mounted along the skimmer pole near the end opposite the basket and an operating member is pivotally mounted along the pole near the basket. A flexible line interconnects the handle, the operating member and the basket such that when the skimmer assembly is rotated 180.degree. about its axis and the handle pivoted to its emptying position, the operating member is raised to extend the basket to an inverted, open position, thereby allowing collected debris to fall freely from the basket into a receptacle. The skimmer assembly allows the user to empty the basket without having to touch the basket.

Abstract: This invention deals with a motorized device which allows independent movement into and out of a pool of water, which device may or may not be under the control of the invalid or handicapped person. The device comprises a motorized pair of arms which carry a bar, which bar has mounted on it, a carrier for a person. The device, in spite of a high movement of the bar overhead, allows for the transportation of the person through essentially a horizontal plane.

Abstract: A device for supporting a frog in a swimming pool to keep the frog from being lodged in the pool skimmer includes a pad with a convex top surface that extends slightly below the water line so that a frog may climb on the pad. The material is textured so frog cannot easily slip off. The device is dark colored so the frog can see it in the water. The device is supported and attached to a ladder of a swimming pool with a snap on C-shaped clamp dimensioned and arranged to support the device at the water line.

Abstract: A lift apparatus for transporting a passenger between positions, such as, a swimming pool deck and a swimming pool, includes a boom having a raised position over the deck and a lower position over the pool. A hinge pivotally mounts one end of the boom at an oblique angle to the pool deck so that the boom is movable in an oblique plane between the raised position over the deck and the lower position over the pool. A seat for supporting the passenger is suspended from the other end of the boom and is at a first position above the deck with the boom in the raised position and at a second position below the deck with the boom in the lower position. A motor-driven gear rack is operatively connected with the boom to reversibly move the boom in the oblique plane between the raised and lower positions to move the seat and passenger in an arc between the first position above the deck and the second position below the deck to transport the passenger between the pool deck and the swimming pool.

Abstract: A device for facilitating the assisted entry and exit of a person in a wheelchair (a) from the wheelchair into a body of water and (b) out of the water back into the wheelchair is disclosed in which a platform support has two forward sections that extend at least partially over the water and receive thereon a front wheel of each respective side of the wheelchair, such that the positional relationship of the wheelchair with respect to the water, when the wheelchair is disposed on the platform, is one in which at least a front portion of the front edge of the seat of the wheelchair, in a vertical orientation, is disposed over the water surface, and the movement of the person in the wheelchair, upon the person's movement from the wheelchair entering into the pool, and exiting from the pool back into the wheelchair, is an essentially direct vertical movement with respect to the water, uninterrupted by a physical barrier.

Abstract: A tool for remotely manipulating an auxiliary cuff provided on the end of a flexible vacuum hose of a portable pool cleaner residing on the floor of a swimming pool. The tool comprises an elongated handle having its lower end pivotally held on the auxiliary cuff so that it lies against the flexible vacuum hose when in a storage position. By rotating the elongated handle so that it extends forwardly of the auxiliary cuff, the operator can insert the end of the handle into the inlet of the skimmer so that it extends out of the top opening thereof. Then, by holding the upper end of the handle the operator can remotely direct and insert the auxiliary cuff down into the suction outlet of the skimmer. The operator can then remotely remove the auxiliary cuff from the suction outlet by reversing the procedure.

Abstract: A timing system for swimming race which records, displays, and prints the time of race. To provide a mask circuit in a control device which controls each signal, enables the timing system to exactly perceive a swimmer's touch. Furthermore, a top edge panel is provided on a touch panel so as to perceive a swimmer's touch at an oblique angle. A plurality of lane boxes are provided for backup of a touch signal and a starting block signal, in case of failure and misoperation of the control device. Further, a visual display device is provided in order that a swimmer can recognize a starting signal visually.

Abstract: A modular seat unit devised to be lowered into and secured to the perimeter wall at the shallow end of a swimming pool is provided. The modular seat unit affords a swimming pool owner with an in-pool seating accessory which is conveniently attached to a swimming pool wall and used by an occupant while still in the swimming pool. The pre-formed seating module is devised to include hydrotherapy water/air jets to produce pressurized, therapeutic water turbulence and includes conveniently accessible means for controlling the water flow to the seat cavity. An adapter to hold the pole of an umbrella to shelter the seat's occupant from the sun's rays is integrated into the module.

Abstract: A swimming pool structure comprises a swimming pool sidewall defining a pool area, an elevated deck attached to the sidewall along an upper rim thereof, and a pair of ladder side rails extending from the deck into a water-holding pool area defined by the sidewall, the side rails being connected at upper ends to at least one of the sidewall and the deck. The ladder side rails are provided with elements for ensuring that the side rails are oriented at an acute angle with respect to the pool sidewall. A pair of hand rails are connected to the respective side rails and extend inwardly therefrom into the pool area. A plurality of steps are disposed between and connected to the side rails, while a pair of platform guard rails are connected to the deck in parallel with the side rails.

Abstract: A tool comprising an elongated handle on the upper end of a driver member for remotely changing the rotational setting of a diverter valve mounted in the suction outlet of a skimmer for a swimming pool. The diverter valve is provided with an adapter ring having a protrusion on the top surface thereof. The driver member comprises a skirt with an upper hub portion. The skirt is provided with a slot on the bottom edge thereof and openings on the sidewall thereof. The hub portion has the elongated handle extending upwardly therefrom and an axial projection extending downwardly therefrom. While the circulating pump for the pool is running, the axial projection enables the skirt to be readily positioned and seated over the upper end portion of the diverter valve and the openings on the sidewall of the skirt enable the driver member to be removed from the diverter valve by permitting water in the skimmer to flow into the suction outlet thereof to break the suction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pool chair 10 adapted to be partially submerged in water in a swimming pool 11. It includes a frame 12 having a seat 72 and an upper cross member 22 adapted to rest along the perimeter 11a of the pool 11 to hold the pool chair 10 upright in the pool in a stationary position which enables a user to sit on the seat with the user's lower torso and legs submerged in the water and the user's head above the water.

Abstract: A bar structure having support legs is arranged to include a mounting bracket mounted to each free distal end of each support leg pivotally mounting the bar relative to a deck surface of a swimming pool to permit positioning of the bar within the swimming pool for use as an exercise bar structure.

Abstract: A tilt lift bathing system includes a central support having a chair mounted thereon for pivotal movement about a horizontal pivot axis between a lowered upright position adjacent one side of the central support and a raised recumbent position above the central support. The chair is rotatable about a vertical axis in its raised recumbent position so that upon mounting of the central support adjacent one wall of a bathtub, the chair is pivotable upwardly by a powered device to the raised recumbent position rotatable over the tub wall and pivotable downwardly to the lowered upright position in the tub for bathing an occupant of the chair.

Abstract: A device for use in winterizing inground swimming pools avoids the necessity of draining the pool in order to drain underground water-filled conduits before freeze-up. The device is an elongated cofferdam open at top and rear with a groove for receiving a sealant extending along the rear edge of side and bottom walls. The sealant, such as a denture adhesive, will hold the device against the pool side wall surrounding a water inlet, and so that the device opens above the water surface. Water within the device and the conduit leading to the inlet is pumped therefrom and then a plug is inserted in the inlet to prevent pool water from entering the inlet after the device is removed from the pool side wall.

Abstract: A water flow control device, flow control system and method of using available swimming pool water for a source of water, adapted to be connected to conventional swimming pool hose apparatus for rapidly serving swimming pools for winter and spring cleanup. The flow control device can be used to rapidly fill water tubes, consisting of large vinyl bags which are used to anchor the four sides of conventional swimming pool cover used to cover swimming pools when not in use. The flow control device includes dual check valves, the first check valve controlling the flow and the second preventing reverse flow, a nozzle, a hose section, a valve housing, a flow control handle, a flow chamber, and check valve seats. The swimming pool flow control system incorporates a source of water and an improved flow control device, of 11/2" id.

Abstract: An automatic sensor system for detecting and adjusting a level of contents held within a reservoir is disclosed. The system has a sensor probe having a probe housing with opposing ends, an interior cavity that opens through one housing end, and a constantly open air vent aperture piercing the housing proximate the other housing end, included within the housing are lower and upper level detection contacts that communicate information about the detected level to a circuit that signals for a contents delivery source to send additional contents when needed.

Abstract: A hot tub spa assembly includes a hot tub spa having at least a portion thereof surrounded by at least one spa step unit. The spa step unit includes a wooden frame structure having an upper frame surface with deck planking secured thereto. The deck planking is sized to conform and fit around a portion of the spa. The step unit includes a thin-walled C-shaped border channel of a plastic material having an upright web with upper and lower flanges extending therefrom. The border channel is secured to the frame structure to form a load-bearing boundary portion of the frame. The deck planking is secured to the upper flange of the border channel to provide a spa step unit having an aesthetically pleasing appearance. A method is also provided of manufacturing the spa step unit.

Abstract: A recreational floatational device is provided. A horizontally disposed support base has at least one floatation cell. At least one side wall of a shade member extends upwardly from the support base. The shade member further includes a horizontally disposed covering member supported by the at least one side wall. The support base and the shade member have at least one common inflatable air cell, such that full inflation of the air cell forces the side wall and the covering member to assume semirigid positions relative to the base for shading the base. The base has a support surface and perimeter walls extending above the support surface so that the base may retain water on the support surface between the perimeter walls. A water nozzle is further included and held by the covering member in a downwardly facing attitude. A flexible hose is positioned within the at least one air cell, and a hose coupling is positioned on the base.

Abstract: A modular seat unit to be incorporated into the perimeter wall of a swimming pool is provided. The modular seat is devised to afford a purchaser the option of incorporating the unit into a swimming pool by removing one or more modular wall panels which forming the perimeter of the swimming pool and substituting therefor and securing the seat unit into position in place of the omitted vertical wall panel or panels thereby integrating the seat into the perimeter of the swimming pool. The seat unit is provided with a console accessible to the seat occupant to locate controls such as for water flow from the swimming pool supply into the seat recess. The seating area is devised to include hydrotherapy air jets to produce therapeutic water turbulence. An adapter to hold the pole of an umbrella to shelter the seat occupant from the sun's rays and to function as a safety guard is also provided in the horizontal surface of the seat module. The construction provides a seat for an occupant to rest in the pool.

Abstract: A winterizing plug for water lines of a swimming pool is disclosed. The winterizing plug cooperates with a port in the skimmer to displace water in the line and reduce the possibility of damage thereto. Water is displaced by means of air pressure maintained within the line.

Abstract: A lift apparatus for an above ground spa or pool to enable a handicapped or infirm person access to and egress from the spa or pool without the need for an attendant to assist them. The lift comprises an upright base securely mounted adjacent to one wall of the above ground spa. The base supports a lift arm assembly having a seat mounted thereon. Lift and rotate controls are provided to permit the seat occupant to raise the seat to a fully elevated position above the wall of the spa, to swing the seat and occupant across the wall and to lower the seat to a desired height within the spa. The lift arm is powered by water driven hydraulics which are configured such that the seat can only be pivoted when it is in its fully elevated position above the wall of the spa.

Abstract: An adapter for connection to the return line of a pool filtering system. A series of pipe and fittings are assembled to produce a "T"-shaped unit which contains a pressure control valve and that is readily connected to the existing filtering system of the pool. A portion of the water being returned to the pool is diverted through a nozzle section by means of the control valve in a lower section of the unit. Connected to the control valve is a 45 degree angle hollow fitting which is rotatable, allowing adjustment of unidverted return water pressure for the purpose of moving any top water debris into the skimmer of the filtering system. The nozzle has a slip-fit cap system allowing easy adjustment of spray pattern.

Abstract: A multi-gasket sealing assembly or mount is disclosed for improved mounting of a swimming pool water skimmer in an opening in a pool wall of the type having a metal wall portion and a flexible inner sheet liner. The water skimmer has a housing defining a water inlet chamber for intake of water and an annular chamber end portion which protrudes through the pool wall opening. The housing also has an outwardly projecting peripheral flange spaced from the chamber end portion, the flange being bolted to the metal wall portion. A continuous gasket is located around the chamber end portion. An annular face plate is connected to the chamber end portion to compress the gasket and also to press the pool liner against the metal wall portion to prevent water from getting behind the liner. Another gasket is compressed between the peripheral flange and the metal wall portion to seal against the ingress of sand and other particulate matter into the skimmer from behind the pool wall.

Abstract: This invention relates to a collapsible skimmer for use with various currently known above-the-ground pools. The skimmer generally comprises a flexible enclosure which is adapted to be secured to a side wall of the flexible liner of the pool. Disposed within the enclosure is a conventional weir basket having a weir gate attached thereto. The weir basket is operable to provide structural rigidity to the enclosure when disposed therewithin. When the weir basket is removed from the interior of the enclosure, the flexible nature of the enclosure allows it to be collapsed together with the pool liner.

Abstract: A channel-like member defines a track section for supporting elongated lengths of fiber optic lighting about the interior perimeter wall of a swimming pool. The member is comprised of a polymeric composition with which there is integrally formed an anchor arm extending rearwardly away from the track section. When mounting the member, the anchor arm is positioned to extend overlying the pool edge to within the unfinished decking area in which decking mortar or aggregate is to be introduced. Receipt and curing of the decking mortar or aggregate along with the weight of the decking permanently secures the anchor arm and member at the selected mounting location. Also included integrally of the track body is a flashing ledge secured laterally rearward therefrom to be positioned horizontally intervening between the decking and the pool wall.