ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,863, issued on Sept. 30.
"Portable swimming pool skimmer" was invented by Vince Acree (South Chesterfield, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable surface water or liquid skimmer system, and method of operating same, operative to skim a surface of a body of water or liquid independent of any fixed filtration system or external pump are disclosed. A surface water/liquid skimmer system may comprise an inlet chamber having a surface water/liquid inlet, an outlet chamber having a return water/liquid outlet, and a divider separating the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber and having a divider aperture to communicate filtered water...