US Patent Issued to ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE on June 10 for "Swimming pool cleaner with illuminated debris filter" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,009, issued on June 10, was assigned to ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE (Belberaud, France).

"Swimming pool cleaner with illuminated debris filter" was invented by Simon Duffaut (Toulouse, France), Skye Svenningsen (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Eugene Keith McQueen (Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swimming pool cleaner may include at least one light source within its body. The light source may be positioned to project light onto or into (or both onto and into) an on-board filter of the cleaner, facilitating visual examination of the cleanliness of the in situ filter. A transparent region of the body may permit viewing of the on-board...