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US 11,454,039 B2Granted
Plunge pool
AssigneePlungie IP Pty Ltd
InventorsTy Gerard Hermans, Ben Petersen, Mayer Jung, Michael Gannon
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Abstract
A pool, preferably a plunge pool, that can be prefabricated and on site installed in a short space of time is provided. The pool is integrally formed, resulting in a unitary pool shell having a floor, one or more sidewalls connected to the floor, a surface, such as a step or bench, extending from at least one of the sidewalls; and a peripheral wall extending from the surface to the floor.
Claims17
A pool comprising:
- a floor;
- one or more sidewalls connected to the floor;
- a surface extending from at least one of the sidewalls;
- and a peripheral wall extending from the surface to the floor, wherein
- the floor, sidewalls, peripheral wall and surface are integrally formed,
- one or more reinforcing elements are located within one or more of:
- the floor, sidewalls, peripheral wall and surface,
- the reinforcing elements comprise reinforcing rods arranged in a mesh configuration to form a reinforcement cage with one or more attachment points located within at least one of the floor, sidewalls and peripheral wall, and
- the attachment points are mounted to the reinforcing rods.
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A method of forming a plunge pool the method comprising the steps of:
- forming an integral plunge pool shell having at least one step or seat feature in a mould, and also having one or more reinforcing elements located within one or more of:
- a floor, sidewalls, peripheral wall and surface of the pool shell, the reinforcing elements comprising reinforcing rods arranged in a mesh configuration to form a reinforcement cage with one or more attachment points located within at least one of the floor, sidewalls and peripheral wall and mounted to the reinforcing rods;
- extracting the plunge pool shell from the mould;
- and
- finishing an internal surface of the plunge pool to be waterproof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.