rail portion of an above ground pool along an outside edge the basket further comprises a lockable lid to secure said pool related items therein the position of the basket allows user 39 s to enjoy easy access thereto pool accessories from both inside and outside the pool the mesh construction of the basket allows water to quickly drain out and enables included items to dry quickly application_number US 21482308 A description the best mode for carrying out the invention is presented in terms of its preferred embodiment herein depicted within fig1 through 7 and in terms of an alternate embodiment herein depicted within fig8 however the invention is not limited to the described embodiment and a person skilled in the art will appreciate that many other embodiments of the invention are possible without deviating from the basic concept of the invention and that any such work around will also fall under scope of this invention it is envisioned that other styles and configurations of the present invention can be easily incorporated into the teachings of the present invention and only one particular configuration shall be shown and described for purposes of clarity and disclosure and not by way of limitation of scope the terms u201c a u201d and u201c an u201d herein do not denote a limitation of quantity but rather denote the presence of at least one of the referenced items the present invention describes a hanging basket device for above ground pools herein described as the u201c device u201d 10 for storing pool toys tools goggles and other pool accessories the device 10 is attached thereto an upper rail portion 55 of the.