ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,779, issued on March 25.
"Pool drain cover" was invented by John Tomasello (Germantown, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pool drain cover including a cover assembly and a wires assembly. The cover assembly includes a cover and a bump, wherein the bump is a bubble-shaped portion integrally formed on the cover. The cover is placed over the pool drain cover to prevent collecting worms into the main drain pool system, thereby the cover may sink into the water and be positioned by means of a rope and a plurality of ropes included in the wires assembly. The user may handle the rope until reaching a predetermined position over the pool...