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Heavy duty weather and actinic resistant protective blanket for pool covers which is attachable at the leading edge of a pool cover so that upon furling the cover, the blanket surrounds, both longitudinally and laterally, the pool cover. Fastening means to secure the blanket to itself in the furled

Heavy duty weather and actinic resistant protective blanket for pool covers which is attachable at the leading edge of a pool cover so that upon furling the cover, the blanket surrounds, both longitudinally and laterally, the pool cover. Fastening means to secure the blanket to itself in the furled condition is provided, preferably cooperatingly disposed strips of VELCROTMhook and loop material. The leading edge of the pool cover is secured to the trailing edge of the blanket by stitching, grommets, barbed plastic rivets, straps, line or the like. The blanket is at least ⅛th the length of the cover and an embodiment for free form pool cover is shown.

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A combined swimming pool cover and protective blanket assembly that is alternately extendable over a pool during use and retractable into a self-contained storage position adjacent the pool during nonuse, said pool cover and blanket assembly comprising in operative combination: (a) a pool cover memb

A combined swimming pool cover and protective blanket assembly that is alternately extendable over a pool during use and retractable into a self-contained storage position adjacent the pool during nonuse, said pool cover and blanket assembly comprising in operative combination: (a) a pool cover member having a length and width dimension sufficient to cover a pool, said length dimension being defined between a first leading end and a second trailing end; (b) a generally rectangular blanket member having a first free end, a second pool cover end, and spaced opposed sides, said blanket having a width dimension at least as wide as said width dimension of said pool cover, and an axial length dimension at least about ⅛the axial length of said pool cover; (c) means for attachment of said first leading end of said pool cover to said second pool cover end of said blanket so that the blanket and pool cover are substantially co-planar and the length axis of both are co-axial; (d) said blanket having a top outer surface and a bottom inner surface, said blanket being specially dimensioned to completely shelter and encapsulate said pool cover when said blanket is furled about said pool cover in a storage position with: (i) said bottom inner surface of said blanket in contact with the sun-facing, outer top surface of said pool cover; (ii) said top outer surface of said blanket is exposed to the elements; (e) said blanket member is of flexible sheet material resistant to actinic rays, heat and pool water chemicals; (f) means for retaining said pool cover within said protective blanket in a tightly secured storage position; and (g) means for unfurling said assembly and drawing said pool cover across said pool attached to said blanket free end. A protective blanket assembly for protecting a pool cover, having a first leading edge and a second trailing edge when said pool cover is in a furled configuration comprising: (a) a generally rectangular blanket member having a first free end, a second pool cover end, and spaced opposed sides, said blanket having a width dimension at least as wide as said width dimension of said pool cover, and an axial length dimension of at least ⅛the axial length of said pool cover; (b) first means attached to said pool cover end of said blanket, and second means attachable to said leading end of said pool cover for attachment of said first leading end of said pool cover to said second pool cover end of said blanket so that the blanket and pool cover are substantially co-planar and the length axis of both are co-axial; (c) said blanket having a top outer surface and a bottom inner surface, said blanket being specially dimensioned to completely shelter and encapsulate said pool cover when said blanket is furled about said pool cover in a storage position; (d) said blanket member is of flexible sheet material resistant to actinic rays, heat and pool water chemicals; and (e) means for retaining said pool cover within said protective blanket in a tightly secured storage position.