Swimming pool light and drain leak detection devices
View Patent ↗Swimming pool light and drain leak detection devices are described. The swimming pool light leak detection device can include a single piece cover formed of a flexible material and having a semi-rigid upper section with reinforcing ribs, an integrated suction cup, a suction cup vacuum release hose and plug, a flexible accordion bellows section, a double lip ring seal, a dye testing hose with funnel, handle connection members, and circular apertures. A swimming pool drain leak detection device including a single piece cover formed of a flexible material having a semi-rigid upper section, reinforcing ribs, a double lip seal, a flexible accordion bellows section disposed between the semi-rigid upper section and the double lip seal, handle connection members, a pool pole handle, a dye testing hose, circular apertures, lead weight cavities, a tandem wire handle connection, and a ring seat formed on an interior surface.
1 . A swimming pool light leak detection device comprising:
a single piece cover formed of a flexible material and having:
a semi-rigid central section, having a plurality of circular apertures;
an integrated suction cup formed on an interior surface of the single piece cover, wherein the suction cup includes a vacuum release aperture extending from an exterior side of the single piece cover to the interior of the cover through the integrated suction cup;
a first handle connection member;
a second handle connection member;
one or more reinforcing ribs; and
a double lip ring seal disposed at the perimeter of the single piece cover; and a flexible accordion bellows section disposed between the semi-rigid central section and the double lip seal;
wherein the single piece cover is constructed to fit around a swimming pool light and the double lip ring seal is constructed to form a seal between a wall of the swimming pool and the single piece cover such that a volume of water is enclosed within an interior space defined by the single piece cover and the wall.
2 . The swimming pool light leak detection device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a vacuum release pin constructed to be insertable into the vacuum release aperture to seal the vacuum release aperture when inserted and to release a vacuum of the integrated suction cup when the vacuum release pin is removed from the vacuum release aperture, wherein the vacuum release pin is tethered to the single piece cover via a tether.
3 . The swimming pool light leak detection device of claim 1 , further comprising a vacuum release hose coupled on a first end to the vacuum release aperture and having at the second end a valve or plug to seal the vacuum release hose and to release the vacuum from the integrated suction cup when the valve is actuated, or the plug is removed.
4 . The swimming pool light leak detection device of claim 1 , further comprising a ring seat formed on an interior surface of the single piece cover.
5 . The swimming pool light leak detection device of claim 1 , wherein the first handle connection member and the second connection member are constructed to connect a handle to the single piece cover, wherein, when the handle is connected to the single piece cover, the handle is offset from a center of the single piece cover.
6 . The swimming pool light leak detection device of claim 1 , wherein the first handle connection member and the second connection member are constructed to connect a handle to the single piece cover, wherein, when the handle is connected to the single piece cover, the handle is disposed at a center of the single piece cover.
7 . The swimming pool light leak detection device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the circular apertures is constructed to receive a hydrophone.
8 . The swimming pool light leak detection device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the circular apertures is constructed to receive a dye injection hose, wherein the dye injection hose includes a funnel coupled to a distal end of the dye injection hose.
9 . The swimming pool light leak detection device of claim 1 , further comprising a handle.
10 . The swimming pool light leak detection device of claim 9 , wherein the handle includes an angle formed between a proximate end of the handle connected to the single piece cover and a distal end of the handle, wherein the distal end of the handle includes a floatation member.
11 . A swimming pool drain leak detection device comprising:
a single piece cover formed of a flexible material and having:
a semi-rigid central section, having a plurality of circular apertures;
a first handle connection member;
a second handle connection member;
one or more reinforcing ribs;
a double lip seal disposed at the perimeter of the single piece cover;
a flexible accordion bellows section disposed between the semi-rigid central section and the double lip seal; and
a ring seat formed on an interior surface of the single piece cover, wherein the single piece cover is constructed to fit around a swimming pool drain, wherein the double lip seal is constructed to form a seal between the bottom of the swimming pool and the single piece cover such that a volume of water is enclosed within an interior space defined by the single piece cover and the bottom of the swimming pool, and
wherein the ring seat is configured to support the single piece cover and prevent the single piece cover from collapsing on the swimming pool drain.
12 . The swimming pool drain leak detection device of claim 11 , wherein the first handle connection member and the second connection member are constructed to connect a handle to the single piece cover, wherein, when the handle is connected to the single piece cover, the handle is offset from a center of the single piece cover.
13 . The swimming pool drain leak detection device of claim 11 , wherein the first handle connection member and the second connection member are constructed to connect a handle to the single piece cover, wherein, when the handle is connected to the single piece cover, the handle is disposed at a center of the single piece cover.
14 . The swimming pool drain leak detection device of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the circular apertures is constructed to receive a hydrophone, and wherein at least one of the circular apertures is constructed to receive a dye injection hose.
15 . The swimming pool drain leak detection device of claim 11 , further comprising a handle, wherein the handle includes an extended swimming pool pole operated from the deck of the pool.
16 . The swimming pool drain leak detection device of claim 15 , wherein the handle includes an angle formed between a proximate end of the handle connected to the single piece cover and a distal end of the handle, wherein the distal end of the handle includes a floatation member.
17 . The swimming pool drain leak detection device of claim 11 , further comprising one or more weights inserted into cavities formed on a top exterior surface of the single piece cover.
18 . The swimming pool drain leak detection device of claim 11 , wherein the first handle connection member and the second handle connection member include at least one aperture formed on a side of the first handle connection member and the second connection member for connecting a handle to the single piece cover.
19 . The swimming pool drain leak detection device of claim 11 , wherein the first handle connection member and the second handle connection member include a plurality of linking apertures formed on a top surface of each of the first handle connection member and the second handle connection member, wherein the linking apertures are configured to receive a connecting member that connects the swimming pool drain leak detection device to another swimming pool drain leak detection device to cover dual swimming pool drains.
20 . The swimming pool drain leak detection device of claim 19 , further comprising the connecting member.