Pool skimmer basket system

Abstract

The present invention relates to apparatuses for improving pool skimmers. In some embodiments, the apparatus is a pool skimmer basket system that includes a skimmer basket, a first tube that is attached to the skimmer basket, and a second tube that is adjacent to and rotatable relative to the first tube. The first tube includes a longitudinal slot that feeds water into the skimmer basket. Without being bound by any particular theory, it is believed that the slot increases the velocity of water flowing into the basket and that the system increases the debris-holding capacity and allows one to avoid having to reach through dirty water to remove the skimmer basket.

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         30 . A pool skimmer system comprising: a pool skimmer, the pool skimmer comprising a skimmer interior, a skimmer exterior, and a skimmer opening leading from the skimmer exterior to the skimmer interior;
 a skimmer basket disposed in the skimmer interior, the skimmer basket comprising a basket interior, a basket exterior, a floor, a top, a height extending from the floor to the top, a sidewall extending upwardly from the floor, and at least one aperture located in at least one of the basket sidewall and the floor, wherein the basket floor and the basket sidewall separate the basket interior from the basket exterior;   a first tube located above the skimmer basket, the first tube comprising a top, a bottom comprising an opening, a first tube height extending from the bottom to the top, an interior, an exterior, and a first tube slot configured to feed water from the first tube exterior to the first tube interior and the basket interior, the first tube slot located between the top and the bottom of the first tube, the first tube slot having a width perpendicular to the first tube height and a height parallel to the first tube height; and   a door adjacent to the first tube, the door configured to move horizontally relative to the first tube and at least partially cover the first tube slot.   
     
     
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