US 12,447,482 B2
In-floor swimming pool cleaning head with reversible bayonet
Steven James Goettl, Phoenix, AZ (US); and John M. Goettl, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to Goettl Design Group, LLC
Filed by Goettl Design Group, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,299.
Application 17/721,299 is a continuation of application No. 17/721,277, filed on Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/175,491, filed on Apr. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0215719 A1, Jul. 3, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04H 4/16 (2006.01); B05B 1/00 (2006.01); B05B 15/74 (2018.01)
CPC E04H 4/169 (2013.01) [B05B 15/74 (2018.02); E04H 4/16 (2013.01); B05B 1/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An incrementally rotating in-floor swimming pool cleaning head comprising:
a retainer body comprising a first end, and a second end opposite the first end of the retainer body with a plurality of locking lugs on an outer surface of the retainer body adjacent the second end of the retainer body;
a nozzle stem extending through the retainer body, the nozzle stem comprising a cleaning nozzle at a first end of the nozzle stem and a bayonet connector at a second end of the nozzle stem;
a ratcheting pin coupled to the nozzle stem;
a plurality of cam teeth within the retainer body and configured to engage the ratcheting pin, wherein the nozzle stem is configured to reciprocally ratchet in a first angular direction in response to intermittent water pressure passing through the nozzle stem as the plurality of cam teeth engage the ratcheting pin;
a top ring coupled to the first end of the retainer body and comprising an opening sized to allow the nozzle stem to extend through the top ring; and
a reversible bayonet comprising a first end comprising a plurality of spacer ribs extending longitudinally within the reversible bayonet from adjacent the first end to a plurality of lugs extending inward from an inner surface of the reversible bayonet, and a second end, wherein the plurality of lugs is closer to the second end than the first end and the plurality of lugs of the reversible bayonet is configured to couple to the bayonet connector of the nozzle stem in each of a first orientation with the first end of the reversible bayonet closest to the first end of the nozzle stem and a second orientation with the second end of the reversible bayonet closest to the first end of the nozzle stem;
wherein when the reversible bayonet is in the first orientation and the cleaning head further comprises a spring washer surrounding the nozzle stem and a spring positioned between the reversible bayonet and the spring washer around the nozzle stem, the cleaning head is configured to operate as a spring powered retracting nozzle; and
wherein when the reversible bayonet is in the second orientation and the cleaning head further comprises a retraction weight around the nozzle stem and dampening washer between the retraction weight and the retainer body, the cleaning head is configured to operate as a weighted retraction nozzle.