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An improved filter bag is provided for mounting onto a suction mast of a pool cleaner to retain and collect debris and the like vacuumed by the pool cleaner from submerged floor or wall surfaces of a swimming pool. The filter bag includes a porous bag-shaped filter element having an open mouth mount

An improved filter bag is provided for mounting onto a suction mast of a pool cleaner to retain and collect debris and the like vacuumed by the pool cleaner from submerged floor or wall surfaces of a swimming pool. The filter bag includes a porous bag-shaped filter element having an open mouth mounted to a latch collar adapted for quick release coupling to a downstream end of the pool cleaner suction mast. The filter element and latch collar include interfitting alignment members to insure filter element assembly with the latch collar in a desired front-to-rear orientation. The suction mast and latch collar further include additional interfitting alignment members for latch collar mounting onto the pool cleaner in a desired front-to-rear orientation, thereby insuring proper orientation of the filter bag on the pool cleaner.

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[ What is claimed is:] [15.] A filter bag for use with a pool cleaner having a suction mast for water flow therethrough to vacuum debris from submerged surfaces of a swimming pool, said filter bag comprising:a generally bag-shaped filter element formed from a porous material, said filter element hav

[ What is claimed is:] [15.] A filter bag for use with a pool cleaner having a suction mast for water flow therethrough to vacuum debris from submerged surfaces of a swimming pool, said filter bag comprising:a generally bag-shaped filter element formed from a porous material, said filter element having an open mouth;a reinforcement cuff attached to said filter element at said mouth, said cuff having a generally cylindrical shape and defining a plurality of radially outwardly open alignment ports formed therein, at least one of said alignment ports having a size different from the others of said alignment ports;a mounting collar of generally cylindrical shape and sized for slide-fit assembly with said cuff, said collar defining a plurality of radially extending alignment pins formed in an array and having a size for reception through said alignment ports with said cuff disposed in a predetermined rotational orientation relative to said collar; andmeans for retaining said cuff and said collar in assembled relation;said collar further including means for removable mounting onto the suction mast in a predetermined rotational orientation relative to the suction mast, whereby said filter element is mounted relative to the suction mast is a predetermined rotational orientation.