Swimming pool ladder with safety gate
AssigneeIntex Marketing Ltd.
InventorsHua Hsiang Lin, Yaw Yuan Hsu
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a pool ladder with an active protection mechanism. The ladder provides a switch positioned at a significant height from the ground such that children cannot easily reach the switch. When actuated, the switch unlocks a protective door for the ladder and the ladder can be moved to access the steps. As such, the ladder can effectively prevent children from unlocking the protective door and accessing the pool.
Claims19
A safety ladder configured for use with a water enclosure, the safety ladder comprising:
- a pair of uprights defining a gap therebetween with at least one step spanning the gap, the safety ladder having an inside pool portion configured to be positioned within the water enclosure and an outside pool portion configured to be positioned outside the water enclosure, the outside pool portion including:
- a protective door coupled to the pair of uprights, wherein the protective door includes an upper frame and a lower frame coupled to the upper frame, wherein, when measured in a direction spanning the gap, the upper frame is narrower than the lower frame;
- a support base coupled to each upright, the protective door rotating relative to the support base between a ladder configuration when the protective door is opened and the at least one step is accessible and a safety configuration when the protective door is closed and the protective door covers the at least one step.
A safety ladder configured for use with a water enclosure, the safety ladder having an inside pool portion configured to be positioned within the water enclosure and an outside pool portion configured to be positioned outside the water enclosure, the outside pool portion comprising:
- a left upright;
- a right upright spaced apart from the left upright to define a gap therebetween;
- at least one step spanning the gap and coupled to the left and right uprights;
- a support base spanning the gap and coupled to the left and right uprights;
- a protective door including an upper frame and a lower frame, the protective door configured to rotate atop the support base between a ladder configuration when the protective door is opened and the at least one step is accessible and a safety configuration when the protective door is closed and the protective door covers the at least one step;
- a left pillar coupled to the support base and extending between the left upright and the protective door across a height of the lower frame of the protective door, the left pillar having a bottom end inserted in the support base;
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- a right pillar coupled to the support base and extending between the right upright and the protective door across the height of the lower frame of the protective door, the right pillar having a bottom end inserted in the support base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.