US 12,215,518 B2
Swimming pool cleaner water surface diverter
Wieslaw Niewiarowski, Western Australia (AU)
Assigned to Kreepy Krauly Australia Pty Ltd, Western Australia (AU)
Appl. No. 17/754,881
Filed by Kreepy Krauly Australia Pty Ltd, Western Australia (AU)
PCT Filed Oct. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/AU2020/051125
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/072509, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019903939 (AU), filed on Oct. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0093523 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. E04H 4/16 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 4/1672 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A swimming pool cleaner water surface diverter, wherein the diverter connects to or is part of a swimming pool cleaner having a hose attached to the pool swimming cleaner at approximately 90° to a surface of a swimming pool on which the pool cleaner travels, wherein the diverter includes at least one support member extending from a central hub to a rim, said rim extending beyond a footprint of the pool cleaner, and wherein a portion of the diverter is arranged and configured, in use, to breach a surface of the water and restrict or prevent the pool cleaner from breaching the water surface sufficient for the pool cleaner to intake air.