Above-ground pool assembly apparatus
OwnerLarry Downsinventor
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Abstract
An above-ground pool wall assembly apparatus is disclosed which allows the single handed mounting of the pool wall along the pool wall bottom rail. The rolled up pool wall is mounted on a turntable and kept upright by a plurality of retainer posts. As the wall is unreeled a series of guide posts help separate the unreeled portion of the wall from the roll and guide the wall into position on the bottom rail. As the pool wall is progressively mounted along the bottom rail, the apparatus can be kept in the proper position by wheeling the apparatus around the bottom rail in coordination with the progress of the installation.
Claims12
An apparatus useful for single handed assembly of an above ground pool comprising:
- a turntable suitable for holding a pool wall roll,
- a plurality of retainer posts deployed on the apparatus around a perimeter of the turntable having low friction surfaces facing inward and configured to hold the pool wall roll in an upright position,
- one or more guide posts mounted on the apparatus inside a path of a portion of the pool wall roll that is unreeled from the pool wall roll and having low friction surfaces facing outward to contact an inner surface of the unreeled portion of the pool wall roll,
- a plurality of wheels that allow the apparatus to be repositioned along a path of an above ground pool wall bottom rail as the pool wall roll is inserted into the pool wall bottom rail;
- wherein said apparatus retainer posts hold the pool wall roll upright while the guide posts direct the unreeled portion of the pool wall roll off of the turntable, said unreeled portion of the pool wall roll being in the proper position to be inserted into the pool wall bottom rail such that the assembly of the above ground pool can be carried out single handedly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.