US Patent Issued on Nov. 4 for "Mounting devices for a pool cover and method of installing a swimming pool cover" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,436, issued on Nov. 4.

"Mounting devices for a pool cover and method of installing a swimming pool cover" was invented by Peter Guttieri (Commack, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor device and a method of installing a pool cover with and without a surrounding deck. The anchor device having a planar portion, a bracket insert, and a downwardly projecting leg. The downwardly projecting leg is inserted into a slot between deck boards from where a user will tilt and press the anchor down such that the planar portion is partially in contact with the deck boards. If a pool is surrounded by a soft ground material, the method utiliz...