Filter unit and vacuum attachment therefor

Claim 1

A POOL FILTER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A PUMP HAVING A SUCTION INLET AND A PRESSURE DISCHARGE, SAID PUMP INCLUDING A MOTOR, A POWER TAKEOFF SHAFT PROTRUDING FROM SAID MOTOR, AN IMPELLER SECURED OF SAID SHAFT AT THE OUTER END THEREOF AND MEANS DEFINING AN IMPELLER CHAMBER SURROUNDING SAID IMPELLER; A PERFORATED INTAKE TUBE COMMUNICATED TO SAID SUCTION INLET, A FILTER ELEMENT PERIPHERALLY SURROUNDING SAID PERFORATED INTAKE TUBE AND A FILTER CASE SURROUNDING SAID FILTER ELEMENT, SAID FILTER ELEMENT COMPRISING PAPER HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL CONVOLUTIONS, SAID FILTER CASE HAVING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL AND HAVING DISK-LIKE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS, A DISK-LIKE RESILIENT GASKET POSITIONED WITHIN SAID FILTER CASE ADJACENT EACH OF SAID ENDS SAID FILTER ELEMENT BEING OF A LENGTH TO ENGAGE EACH OF SAID RESILIENT GASKETS; AND MEANS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS THROUGH SAID FILTER CASE FOR ADMITTING WATER TO BE FILTERED BY PASSAGE THROUGH SAID FILTER ELEMENT BRACKET MEANS REMOVABLY MOUNTABLE ON A POOL SIDE WALL BY A FIRST PORTION THEREOF, SAID BRACKET MEANS INCLUDING A GENERALLY LATERALLY EXTENDING ARM SECURED TO SAID PUMP; SAID ASSEMBLY ADDITIONALLY COMPRISING A POOL CLEANING SUBASSEMBLY INCLUDING A HOSE-ATTACHED SURFACE CLEANER DEVICE AND MEANS DEFINING A CHAMBER OF