Pool cover securing means

Claim 1

MEANS FOR SECURING A POOL COVER HAVING AN EDGE PORTION PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING TO AN EDGE OF A POOL, COMPRISING: MEANS DEFINING AN OUTWARDLY OPENING RECESS IN THE POOL EDGE; A CONNECTOR HAVING AN INNER END, AND AN OUTER END WITH A TRANSVERSE HOLE THERETHROUGH; MEANS CONNECTING THE CONNECTOR MOVABLY TO THE RECESS DEFINING MEANS FOR MOVEMENT IN THE RECESS TO AN OUTERMOST POSITION WHEREIN THE HOLE IN THE OUTER END IS OUTWARD OF THE RECESS WITH THE INNER END REMAINING WITHIN THE RECESS AND TO AN INNERMOST POSITION WHEREIN THE HOLE IS WITHIN THE RECESS; A CABLE; A THREADING ELEMENT FIXED TO ONE END OF THE CABLE FOR THREADING THE CABLE THROUGH SAID CONNECTOR HOLE, SAID THREADING ELEMENT HAVING A TURNED DISTAL END INSERTABLE THROUGH THE COVER OPENING AND INTO SAID RECESS TO ENGAGE THE CONNECTOR IN SAID HOLE AND EFFECT MOVEMENT OF THE CONNECTOR TO SAID OUTERMOST POSITION WITH SAID OUTER END OF THE CONNECTOR EXTENDING THROUGH THE COVER OPENING; AND A LOCKING DEVICE SECURED TO THE OTHER END OF THE CABLE HAVING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY LOCKING SAID ONE END OF THE CABLE TO THE OTHER END SUBSEQUENT TO A THREADING OF THE CABLE THROUGH SAID CONNECTOR HOLE TO BRIDGE THE COVER OPENING, SAID THREADING ELEMENT INCLUDING A TRANSVERSELY ENLARGED PORTION AND SAID LOCKING DEVICE COMPRISING MEANS DEFINING A CHANNEL FOR RECEIVING THE CABLE AND A LOCK SELECTIVELY CLOSING THE OPEN SIDE OF THE CHANNEL TO DEFINE A PASSAGE TRANSVERSELY SMALLER THAN SAID ENLARGED PORTION OF THE THREADING ELEMENT TO PRECLUDE WITHDRAWAL OF THE THREADING ELEMENT THERETHROUGH.