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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2012
Applicants:
Mark J. Bauckman, San Marcos, CA (US);
Hendrikus Johannes Van Der Meijden, Midrand, ZA;
Peter Hugh Harrison, Centurion, ZA;
Inventors:
Mark J. Bauckman, San Marcos, CA (US);
Hendrikus Johannes Van Der Meijden, Midrand, ZA;
Peter Hugh Harrison, Centurion, ZA;
Assignee:
Zodiac Pool Care Europe, , FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 4/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Automatic pool cleaners and associated hoses are detailed. Hoses may contract and expand in use and include sections of differing compliancies. Such contractions and expansions may be intensified in more compliant portions and attenuated in less compliant portions. Also discussed are positive locking mechanisms for adjacent hose sections.