IP Library Granted Patent US 12,258,779
Granted Patent B1
US 12,258,779 · App. 18/089,121 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Pool drain cover

Inventor: John Tomasello (Germantown, MD)
E04H4/14E04H4/1236
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,258,779
App. No.
18/089,121
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A pool drain cover including a cover assembly and a wires assembly. The cover assembly includes a cover and a bump, wherein the bump is a bubble-shaped portion integrally formed on the cover. The cover is placed over the pool drain cover to prevent collecting worms into the main drain pool system, thereby the cover may sink into the water and be positioned by means of a rope and a plurality of ropes included in the wires assembly. The user may handle the rope until reaching a predetermined position over the pool drain cover and pulling the rope to remove the cover from the pool drain cover when the user may consider appropriate.

Claims (16)

1. A pool drain cover, comprising:

a cover assembly including a cover and a bump, said cover is a flat sheet of plastic configured to be placed underwater, wherein said cover may be placed onto a bottom side of a pool, said bump is integrally formed on a central portion of said cover, wherein said bump is configured to be placed over a pool drain cover, embodied as a grate; and

a wires assembly having ropes, wherein said ropes are attached to said cover, wherein said ropes are water-resistant, thereby said ropes are configured to be underwater without damaging.

2. The pool drain cover of claim 1 , wherein said cover has parallel flat bottom surface with respect to said bottom side of said pool, creating a seal therebetween.

3. The pool drain cover of claim 1 , wherein said cover has a bigger area than said grate.

4. The pool drain cover of claim 1 , wherein said bump is a bubble-shaped portion of said cover.

5. The pool drain cover of claim 4 , wherein said bubbled-shaped portion has a volume where said grate fits into.

6. The pool drain cover of claim 1 , wherein said ropes are attached at a top surface of the corners of said cover.

7. The pool drain cover of claim 1 , wherein said ropes are configured to be handled by a user, thereby said ropes have a length that extends over the pool until reaching an exterior side of said pool.

8. The pool drain cover of claim 1 , wherein said cover is positioned by means of said ropes until placed over said grate.

9. A pool drain cover, comprising:

a cover assembly including a cover and a bump, said cover is a flat sheet of plastic configured to be placed underwater, wherein said cover may be placed onto a bottom side of a pool, wherein said cover has parallel flat bottom surface with respect to said bottom side of said pool, creating a seal therebetween, said bump is integrally formed on a central portion of said cover wherein, said bump is a bubble-shaped portion of said cover, wherein said bump is configured to be placed over a grate, said cover has a bigger area than said grate; and

a wires assembly having ropes, wherein said ropes are water-resistant, thereby said ropes are configured to be underwater without damaging, wherein said ropes are attached at a top surface of the corners of said cover.

10. A pool drain cover, consisting of:

a cover assembly including a cover and a bump, said cover is a flat sheet of plastic configured to be placed underwater, wherein said cover may be placed onto a bottom side of a pool, wherein said cover has parallel flat bottom surface with respect to said bottom side of said pool, creating a seal therebetween, said bump is integrally formed on a central portion of said cover wherein, said bump is a bubble-shaped portion of said cover, wherein said bump is placed over a grate, thereby said bubbled-shaped portion has a volume where said grate fit into, wherein said cover has a bigger area than said grate; and

a wires assembly having ropes, wherein said ropes are water-resistant, thereby said ropes are configured to be underwater without damaging, said ropes are attached at a top surface of the corners of said cover, said ropes are configured to be handled by a user.

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