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US 11,028,606 B1Granted
Temporary pool cover and floor system
AssigneeColhurst Concepts, LLC
InventorsItalia Marisol Ovalle, Luis Fernando Ramirez, Sherwood Noël Wagner
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Abstract
The innovation relates to a pool covering system that is usable as a flooring surface. The pool covering system includes brackets that support beams spanning the pool opening. The beams provide structural support to cross members and flooring placed on top of the beams. The pool covering system does not require significant drainage of the pool or damage the pool structure during installation and use.
Claims16
A pool covering system comprising:
- a plurality of brackets each including a hanger lip, a vertical strut having a top portion attached to the hanger lip, a horizontal support attached to a bottom portion of the vertical strut, a first side frame and a second side frame, wherein the first side frame and the second side frame attach to the vertical strut and the horizontal support;
- a plurality of beams, wherein a bottom of each beam of the plurality of beams contacts a top of the horizontal support and wherein each beam fits between the first side frame and the second side frame, wherein a beam space between the first side frame and the second side frame accommodates a width of each beam and is configured to hold each beam in a vertical orientation;
- a plurality of cross members;
- and
- a flooring layer comprising a plurality of flooring panels;
- wherein the plurality of brackets hang from a pool structure, wherein each bracket of the plurality of brackets hangs from the hanger lip on a top surface of the pool structure and the vertical strut extends downward into an opening defined by the pool structure, wherein no connectors that damage the pool structure are used to attach the plurality of brackets to the pool structure;
- wherein each said beam fits into a pair of the plurality of brackets spanning the opening defined by the pool structure, wherein the beam extends between the pair of the plurality of brackets, and wherein the plurality of beams are spaced apart over the opening;
- wherein the plurality of cross members are spaced apart from each other and attached to a top of the plurality of beams;
- wherein the plurality of flooring panels are attached to a top surface of the plurality of cross members;
- and
- wherein an assembled pool covering system provides a flooring surface approximately level with the top surface of the pool structure.
8 more elements
A method for covering a pool without significantly draining water from the pool comprising:
- hanging a pair of brackets from a plurality of brackets on opposite sides of a pool structure, wherein the plurality of brackets each including a hanger lip, a vertical strut having a top side attached to the hanger lip, a horizontal support attached to a bottom side of the vertical strut, a first side frame and a second side frame, wherein the first side frame and the second side frame are attached to the vertical strut and the horizontal support and form a beam space between the first side frame and the second side frame, wherein no connectors that damage the pool structure are used to attach the plurality of brackets to the pool structure;
- placing a beam having a top and a bottom into the pair of brackets with the bottom positioned on top of the horizontal support and in the beam space between the first side frame and the second side frame of each of the pair of brackets, wherein the beam space corresponds to a width of the beam;
- repeating the hanging step for the plurality of brackets and the placing step for a plurality of beams spaced apart from each other across an opening in the pool structure;
- attaching a plurality of cross members to the top of the plurality of beams;
- and
- attaching a flooring layer to a top of the plurality of cross members to form a surface approximately level with a top surface of the pool structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.