US 11,028,607 B1 · Swimming pool peripheral recess cover fastener

Abstract

Swimming pool recess covers and methods of covering swimming pool recesses, for example, stairwells, are disclosed. The recess covers include a flexible sheet adapted to at least partially cover the recess, and one or more fasteners mounted to an edge of the sheet. The fasteners are adapted to engage a main pool cover. The fastener may be an elongated fastener having a receptacle adapted to receive a projection mounted on the main pool cover. The receptacle may have an opening defined by opposing arms adapted to deflect when contacted by the projection on the main cover. The flexible arms may also include projections that enhance engagement of the receptacle with the projection on the main pool cover. Swimming pool peripheral recess cover fasteners are also provided.

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Dependent claims

A swimming pool peripheral recess cover fastener adapted for use with a peripheral recess having a width, the width extending from a first end of the peripheral recess to a second end, opposite the first end, the fastener comprising:

an elongated receptacle, the elongated receptacle extending across the width of the peripheral recess and having an elongated opening defined by opposing elongated flexible arms and an internal cavity in communication with the opening, the internal cavity adapted to receive and retain a mating projection mounted on a main pool cover;
and
an elongated flange extending from the elongated receptacle opposite the elongated opening, the elongated flange adapted to be mounted to a peripheral recess cover.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Swimming pool peripheral recess cover fastener

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Abstract

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