Patent Application
20250146313
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The disclosure relates to pool filter devices and more particularly pertains to a new pool filter device for protecting a pool filter housing from ultraviolet radiation. The device includes a hood that is positionable over the pool filter housing and which is comprised of an opaque material to protect the pool filter housing from ultraviolet light. The hood has a hole to accommodate a pressure gauge when the hood is positioned over the pool filter housing and the device includes a cover, comprised of a mesh material, that is attachable to the hood and which covers the pressure gauge to facilitate the pressure gauge to be visible through the mesh material of the cover.
The prior art relates to pool filter devices including a variety of cylindrical pool filter cover devices that is each positionable around a pool filter and which is each comprised of an opaque material to protect the pool filter from ultraviolet light and a pair of dome shaped pool filter cover devices that each has a hole for accommodating a pressure gauge on a pool filter housing. In no instance does the prior art disclose a dome shaped hood that is positionable over a pool filter housing which has a hole to accommodate a pressure gauge and a magnet for magnetically engaging the pool filter housing for retaining the hood on the pool filter housing.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a hood that is shaped to define a dome which can be placed over a housing for a pool filter. The hood has a hole extending through the hood to accommodate a pressure gauge on the housing. The hood is comprised of an opaque material to protect the housing from ultraviolet light thereby inhibiting the housing from being degraded by sunlight. The hood is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit fibers from the housing from irritating skin of a user when the user is servicing the pool filter. A cover is removably attachable to the hood has the cover is aligned with the hole and the cover is comprised of a mesh material to facilitate the pressure gauge to be visible to the user through the cover.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The hood 12 has a bottom surface 24, a top surface 26 and a perimeter edge 28 extending between the top surface 26 and the bottom surface 24 and the perimeter edge 28 is continuously arcuate about a center of the hood 12 such that the hood 12 has a circular shape. The hole 20 extends through the top surface 26 and the bottom surface 24 and the hole 20 is centrally positioned on the hood 12 such that the hole 20 is concentric with the perimeter edge 28. The hole 20 may have a diameter ranging between approximately 10.0 cm and 13.0 cm and the hood 12 may have a diameter ranging between approximately 60.0 cm and 90.0 cm.
A magnet 30 is attached to the hood 12 to magnetically engage a metal ring 31 on the housing 14 for securing the hood 12 on the housing 14. The magnet 30 is continuously arcuate such that the magnet 30 defines a ring. The magnet 30 has a first surface 32 that is attached to the perimeter edge 28 of the hood 12 such that the magnet 30 extends around a full circumference of the perimeter edge 28. In this way a second surface 34 of the magnet 30 can magnetically engage the metal ring 31 on the housing 14 when the hood 12 is positioned over the housing 14. As is most clearly shown in
A cover 38 is removably attachable to the hood 12 having the cover 38 being aligned with the hole 20. In this way the cover 38 can cover the pressure gauge 22 when the hood 12 is positioned over the housing 14. The cover 38 is comprised of a mesh material to facilitate the pressure gauge 22 to be visible to the user 18 through the cover 38. In this way the user 18 can read the pressure gauge 22 without having to remove the hood 12 from the housing 14. The cover 38 has a perimeter edge 40 that is continuously arcuate about a center of the cover 38 such that the perimeter edge 40 of the cover 38 defines a circle.
A first coupler 42 is attached to the hood 12 and the first coupler 42 is oriented to surround the hole 20 in the hood 12. The first coupler 42 is positioned on the top surface 26 of the hood 12 and the first coupler 42 extends around a bounding edge 44 of the hole 20. A second coupler 46 is attached to the cover 38 and the first coupler 42 is releasably matable to the second coupler 46 for retaining the cover 38 on the hood 12. The second coupler 46 is attached to the perimeter edge 40 of the cover 38 such that the second coupler 46 extends around a full circumference of the perimeter edge 40 of the cover 38. Additionally, each of the first coupler 42 and the second coupler 46 may comprise complementary portions of a hook and loop fastener or the like.
In an alternative embodiment 48 shown in
In use, the hood 12 is placed over the housing 14 of the pool filter 16 such that the hole 20 is aligned with the pressure gauge 22 to facilitate the pressure gauge 22 to extend through the hole 20. The magnet 30 is manipulated to magnetically engage the metal ring 31 on the housing 14 to secure the hood 12 to the housing 14. The cover 38 is placed over the pressure gauge 22 and the first coupler 42 is mated to the second coupler 46 for securing the cover 38 to the hood 12. In this way the housing 14 of the pool filter 16 is protected from ultraviolet light from the sun while facilitating the gauge to be visible. Furthermore, the hood 12 protects the user's 18 skin from irritating fibers that can often result from handling objects constructed of fiberglass.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
