Pool cover pump sled
View Patent ↗A sled for a pool cover pump for keeping the pump from tipping over in use, reducing pump clogging and guarding against damaging a plastic pool cover. The sled has a base unit with a platform mounted on runners which spread the load on the pool cover and which elevate the pool cover pump above the pool cover a distance that the platform serves as a gate or doctor blade preventing leaves and other debris from getting into the pump inlet.
1. A pool cover pump sled comprising a base unit with a rectangular platform having sidewalls and first and second end walls and an open top, said platform mounted on a pair of spaced apart runners, said platform having a perforated floor comprising perforations for connection to a pool cover pump with a pump inlet in flowable registry with at least one of the perforations in the perforated floor, said first end wall having first and second spaced apart flanges each of which having an aperture for receiving a pin configured for attachment to a pool extension pole, said first end wall having an aperture configured for passage of a discharge connector of the pool cover pump, said runners configured for increasing the width and the length of the base unit and elevating the floor such that the platform serves to exclude debris from under the platform.
2. The pool cover pump sled of claim 1 wherein the runners are made of steel, plastic or fiberglass.
3. The pool cover pump of claim 2 wherein the runners are formed of ⅜ inches thick low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic.
4. The pool cover pump sled of claim 1 where the perforations in the platform form a two by two grid of four equally spaced holes.
5. A pool cover pump sled comprising a base unit formed of steel with a rectangular platform having sidewalls and first and second end walls and an open top, said platform mounted on a pair of spaced apart runners, said platform having a perforated floor comprising perforations for connection to a pool cover pump with a pump inlet in flowable registry with at least one of the perforations in the platform, said first end wall having a pair of spaced apart flanges each of which having an aperture for receiving a pin configured for attachment to a pool extension pole, said first end wall having an aperture configured for passage of a discharge connector of the pool cover pump, said first end wall reinforced with triangular gussets attached to the sidewalls and the platform, said runners formed of a pliable plastic and are configured for increasing the width and the length of the base unit and elevating the platform such that the platform serves to exclude debris from under the platform.
6. The pool cover pump sled of claim 5 wherein the runners are formed of ⅜ inch thick low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic.
7. The pool cover pump sled of claim 5 wherein the perforations in the platform form a two by two grid of four equally spaced holes configured for flowable registry with a plastic or metal mesh screen in an inlet of a pool cover pump.
8. The pool cover pump sled of claim 5 wherein the pair of spaced apart flanges are positioned vertically above the aperture in the first end wall for passage of the discharge outlet of the pool cover pump.