Anchor for lane lines
AssigneeDaldorado, LLC
InventorRobert Lawson
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Abstract
An improved anchor for lane lines of swimming pools is provided. The anchor can include housing having a cover and a support member, the housing defining an internal cavity and the cover being movable to open and close the internal cavity. An extension connector can be configured to engage the support member. With the cover closed over the internal cavity, a first end of the extension member can be secured in engagement with the support member and a second end of the extension member can extend outside of the internal cavity to support a lane line.
Claims18
An anchor for a lane line of a swimming pool, the anchor comprising:
- a housing that includes a cover and a support member, the housing defining an internal cavity and the cover being movable to open and close the internal cavity;
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- an extension connector that engages the support member, wherein the extension connector includes a flattened central portion and the flattened central portion includes an internal web structure;
- wherein, with the cover closed over the internal cavity, a first end of the extension connector is secured in engagement with the support member and a second end of the extension connector extends outside of the internal cavity to support a lane line.
An anchor for a lane line of a swimming pool, the anchor comprising:
- a housing that includes a cover and a support member, the housing defining an internal cavity and the cover being movable to open and close the internal cavity;
- and
- an extension connector that engages the support member:
- wherein, with the cover closed over the internal cavity, a first end of the extension connector is secured in engagement with the support member and a second end of the extension connector extends outside of the internal cavity to support a lane line, wherein the extension connector includes a first hook that engages the support member and a second hook that engages the lane line, and wherein the first hook is more closed than the second hook.
A method of securing a lane line for a swimming pool, the method comprising:
- with a cover of a housing of an anchor in an open configuration, securing a first end of an extension connector to a support member within an internal cavity of the housing of the anchor, wherein securing the first end of the extension connector to the support member includes engaging a first hook of the extension connector with a lateral cross-member within the housing;
- closing the housing to secure the first end of the extension connector within the internal cavity, in engagement with the support member, with a second end of the extension connector extending outside of the housing, wherein securing the second end of the extension connector to the lane line includes engaging a second hook of the extension connector to the lane line;
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- securing a lane line to the second end of the extension connector.
A method of installing an anchor for a lane line of a swimming pool, the method comprising:
- providing the anchor comprising:
- a housing that includes a cover and a support member, the housing defining an internal cavity and the cover being movable to open and close the internal cavity;
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- an extension connector configured to engage the support member;
- drilling one or more drill holes into a selected location relative to the swimming pool, wherein drilling the one or more drill holes includes drilling a first drill hole and a second drill hole extending at a respective oblique angle relative to vertical;
- aligning one or more holes of a housing of the anchor with the one or more drill holes;
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- inserting one or more fasteners into the one or more holes of the housing and the one or more drill holes.
A method of installing an anchor for a lane line of a swimming pool, the method comprising:
- providing the anchor comprising:
- a housing that includes a cover and a support member, the housing defining an internal cavity and the cover being movable to open and close the internal cavity;
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- an extension connector configured to engage the support member;
- drilling one or more drill holes into a selected location relative to the swimming pool, wherein drilling the one or more drill holes includes using a drilling template and drilling a first drill hole and a second drill hole of the one or more drill holes into a substrate that surrounds the swimming pool;
- aligning one or more holes of a housing of the anchor with the one or more drill holes;
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- inserting one or more fasteners into the one or more holes of the housing and the one or more drill holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.