US 12,345,067 B2
Swimming pool cover system with reel diameter adjustment block and associated methods
Lamont Drechsel, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Nathan Dewyea, Sandy, UT (US)
Assigned to COVER-POOLS INCORPORATED, West Valley City, UT (US)
Filed by COVER-POOLS INCORPORATED, West Valley City, UT (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,998.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/240,409, filed on Sep. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0072636 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. E04H 4/10 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 4/101 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reel for a swimming pool cover system, the reel comprising an adjustable outer diameter configured to receive a rope of the swimming pool cover system and an adjuster configured to selectively change the outer diameter of the reel, wherein the reel comprises a reel body and an adjustment block supported on the reel body, wherein the adjustment block is the adjuster, wherein the reel body and the adjustment block together define the outer diameter of the reel, and wherein the adjustment block is pivotable relative to the reel body such that the outer diameter is adjustable.