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A flexible cover assembly has five rectangular panels including a horizontal top panel, parallel vertical left and right side panels, and parallel vertical front and rear panels. Horizontal stitching joins the top panel and vertical panels. Vertical stitching joins the vertical panels. A vertical sl

A flexible cover assembly has five rectangular panels including a horizontal top panel, parallel vertical left and right side panels, and parallel vertical front and rear panels. Horizontal stitching joins the top panel and vertical panels. Vertical stitching joins the vertical panels. A vertical slit is centrally positioned on the rear panel with fasteners for coupling and uncoupling purposes. Adjustment mechanisms vary the effective size of the cover to fit the size of associated devices including swimming pool heaters, heat pumps, air conditioners and the like.

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1. An adjustable swimming pool heater cover system (10) adapted to cover a swimming pool heater and for providing protection from the elements while not being used for extended periods of time, the system consisting of: a swimming pool heater (14) in a rectilinear configuration, the swimming pool he

1. An adjustable swimming pool heater cover system (10) adapted to cover a swimming pool heater and for providing protection from the elements while not being used for extended periods of time, the system consisting of: a swimming pool heater (14) in a rectilinear configuration, the swimming pool heater having a horizontal rectangular upper surface (16) and a parallel rectangular lower surface (18) positioned upon a recipient surface, the swimming pool heater having vertically oriented surfaces (20), (22), (24), (26) coupling the upper and lower surfaces, the vertically oriented surfaces including a left side surface (20) and a parallel right side surface (22), the vertically oriented surfaces also including a front surface (24) and parallel rear surface (26), the rear surface having lines (28) for the passage of refrigerant there through;a flexible cover assembly (32) having five rectangular panels including a horizontal top panel (34) with a rectangular periphery positioned upon a periphery of the upper surface of the swimming pool heater, parallel vertical left and right side panels (36), (38) positioned over the left and right side surfaces, parallel front and rear panels (40), (42) positioned over the front and rear surfaces, horizontal stitching (44) joining the periphery of the top panel to the left side panel and the front panel and right side panel and the rear panel panels, vertical stitching (46) joining together the left side panel to the front panel to the right side panel to the rear panel to the left side panel, a vertical slit (48) centrally positioned on the rear panel with a hook and loop fastener (50), (52) for coupling and uncoupling of the slit to facilitate coupling and uncoupling the cover to the swimming pool heater, the panels all having an inner layer (54) of a non-woven liner and an outer layer of a durable vinyl (56);adjustment mechanisms for varying a height and a circumference of the cover to fit the size of the swimming pool heater;the adjustment mechanisms including a height adjuster formed of a pair of laterally spaced grommets (60) extending through each vertical panel at a generally central elevation, an elevating cord (58) having a central extent extending through an associated grommet, each elevating cord extending vertically downwardly with a lower end (64) attached to a vertical panel at a lower extent interior of the cover, each elevating cord having an upper end (66) exterior of the cover and adapted to be repositioned by a user for adjusting the height of the cover, a ball-shaped clip (68) with a release depressable button (70) for retaining the elevating cord at a preselected orientation as a function of the height of the swimming pool heater;the adjusting mechanisms including a circumference adjuster (74) formed of upper horizontal cords (76) and lower horizontal cords (78), the upper horizontal cords located at elevation above the grommets on opposite sides of the slit, the lower horizontal cords located at elevation below the grommets on opposite sides of the slit, the cords adapted to contract and expand the circumference of the cover as a function of the circumference of the swimming pool heater when cinched by a user; anda breathable section (82), being a cutout portion of the durable vinyl and non-woven liner, said breathable section consists of a woven nylon material in each side panel with stitching (84) coupling the breathable sections to the side panels, each breathable section being located in an upper extent of an associated side panel and constituting between 6 and 12 percent of an area of each side panel.