Pool Cleaning Device Having Relief Formed in a Base Portion Thereof

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to an automated pool cleaning apparatus configured to traverse an surface having varying elevations. Embodiments of the automated pool cleaning apparatus can include a housing that has a base portion with one or more intake ports and two or more wheel assemblies with at least one wheel assembly being disposed proximate to a front end of the housing and one wheel assembly being disposed proximate to a rear end of the housing. The base portion of the house can include a relief structure formed between the first and second wheel assemblies to facilitate improved and/or enhanced cleaning of the surface when transitioning between portions of the surface that have different elevations.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An automated pool cleaning apparatus comprising:
 a housing having a base portion;   a first wheel assembly disposed proximate to a front end of the housing;   a second wheel assembly disposed proximate to a rear end of the housing;   a relief having a concave arched configuration, the relief formed in the base portion between the first and second wheel assemblies; and   an adjustable intake port positioned in the relief, the adjustable intake port being dynamically biased towards an immersed surface during a cleaning operation in a pool;   wherein the adjustable intake port has a retracted position in which the adjustable intake port is housed substantially within the housing and a protracted position in which the adjustable intake port protrudes from the base portion away from the housing.