A pole for a swimming pool comprises a tool for swimming pool maintenance located at one end of the pole and a device for preventing the pole from sliding into the swimming pool. The device comprises a face that surrounds the pole generally perpendicular to the pole and a baffle that extends from the outside edge of the face generally parallel to the pole. The device prevents the pole from sliding into the swimming pole by a user placing the baffle on a surface at the edge of the swimming pool.

An attachable and detachable collector assembly for collecting fluid samples from a swimming pool, pond, or the like comprising of an attachable and detachable plastic material formed into a collection chamber base for collecting and temporarily storing fluid samples. The attachable and detachable collector includes a top open portion with a throat support frame and a bottom closed portion forming a collection chamber to store fluid samples. The attachable and detachable collector can be used with or without a collector bottle to collect fluid samples within its collection chamber. An extension pole is attached to the end of the throat support frame for holding and for manipulating and moving the attachable and detachable collector assembly below the water's surface to collect and remove fluid samples. Also provided is a means for attaching the frame to the pole through a flexible clip. The means, when depressed retracts allowing the throat support frame to easy slide into the extension pole, when released it expands allowing the throat support frame portion of the collector to lock to the extension pole.

A device for cleaning a swimming pool comprising a base member. The base member having a first base portion and a second base portion. A socket disposed on the base member, and the first base portion the and second base portion each respectively having a hinge end and a distal end. The second base portion hinge end is attached to the first base portion hinge end forming a hinge of the base member. A microfibre cloth removably mountable to the base member; and wherein the second base portion is configured to move between a first position and a second position, in which the first position is an operating position and the second position is a cloth removal position.

An apparatus for cleaning swimming pools, cement finishing tools, ceiling wire applications, and the like, comprising a first tube having a first end with a collar housing and a first locking assembly with a first collar housing. The second end of the first tube being configured for attaching a tool thereto. An end tube with a first end having a second locking assembly and a second collar housing, is slidably connected to a decagon shaped inner tube having a first end and a second end. The first end of the inner tube being secured to the first tube by the first locking assembly, and the second end being secured to the end tube by the second locking assembly.

A pool cleaning system is provided. The system includes a pool pole. The system also includes an angled attachment device configured to connect to an end of the pool pole. The system additionally includes specialty tools structured to connect to an end of the angled attachment device. The angled attachment device is structured to connect to pool poles and to specialty devices in such a way to provide a plurality of angles to allow cleaning of pool surfaces and pool surface areas in an effective, efficient, and ergonomically friendly fashion for pool cleaning personnel. The pool cleaning system is arranged to change the angles at which the surfaces are being cleaned without having to change out components.

Swimming pool cleaning apparatus may include a cleaning unit intended to be immersed in a swimming pool and at least one liquid filter circuit between at least one liquid inlet and at least one liquid outlet via a filter chamber removable from the body of the cleaning unit. The filter chamber may include a cover and a filter basket. The cover may include components for fastening the filter basket and locking the filter chamber to the body of the cleaning unit. The locking component may be releasable and, when released, may cause an extraction handle to be deployed from the filter chamber and urged toward a predetermined position.

A pool cleaning brush including an attachment portion and at least one brush assembly. The attachment portion is configured for removably connecting with a portion of a tail sweep hose of a swimming pool cleaner. The at least one brush assembly includes at least one cleaning element thereon. As the swimming pool cleaner automatically moves through the swimming pool to clean the same, the pool cleaning brush is carried along with the tail sweep hose and engages the swimming pool surface to agitate, brush and clean the same.

A skimmer apparatus comprising: a buoyant horizontal structure, a pocket-shaped net, a guide element longer than the buoyant horizontal structure and associated to the said buoyant horizontal structure, at least two ends of the buoyant horizontal structure are coupled to at least two parallel expanders, the ends of the at least two parallel expanders being attached to the pocket-shaped net (20).

An enhanced water cleaning net device for removing debris and algae from a body of water includes a frame having a rectangular shape. The frame is a metal material having a pair of lateral beams, a tip beam, a base beam, and a center cutout. Furthermore, the frame has a pair of mounting holes. A net is positioned within the center cutout and has a mesh pattern. A plurality of fasteners retains the net within a fixed position relative to the frame. A rod is secured to the frame by a pair of mounting fasteners nested within a pair of apertures of the rod and the pair of mounting holes of the frame. In addition, a pole is coupled to the rod and has a telescopic handle for adjusting a length of the frame relative to the pole.

An improved pool cleaning device and methods of using the same are disclosed herein. The improved pool cleaning device generally comprises a cover the attachment head of a pool cleaning pole. The device comprises fabric that completely encases the head and is fastened using at least one tie string and hook and loop patches. The methods of using the device comprise a method of mounting the device to an attachment head for a pool cleaning pole and a method of cleaning the device.