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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2012
Benoit Joseph Renaud, Clemmons, NC (US);
Alan R. Levin, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Michael Andrew Liberti, Clemmons, NC (US);
Benoit Joseph Renaud, Clemmons, NC (US);
Alan R. Levin, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Michael Andrew Liberti, Clemmons, NC (US);
Hayward Industries, Inc., Elizabeth, NJ (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments include a unitary pool filter tank and/or an underdrain for a pool filter unit. Embodiments of the unitary pool filter tank can have an integrally formed housing and base. The filter tank can be formed using a blow molding process in which the base of the filter tank is includes a support section and a punted section that has an underdrain mounting member. Embodiments of the underdrain can be formed by interlocking top and bottom components. The top and bottom components can be interlocked by inter-component locking structures.