US Patent 8168065 Swimming pool skimmer basket and chlorinator

A swimming pool skimmer basket and chlorinator includes a basket and a removable divider that partitions the basket into a chlorine tablet compartment below and a debris compartment above. The basket is cylindrical with a flat base and has a plurality of apertures for passing water. The divider is a round disk with a plurality of apertures for passing water from the debris compartment to the tablet compartment. The disk has a handle with a vertical post and a cross bar. A latch retains the divider in the basket so the handle can pull the basket from the skimmer well. The latch includes protrusions from the ends of the cross bar that fit into corresponding depressions in the basket wall.