US 12,662,847 B2Granted

Peg shifter and method of using thereof

AssigneeSunwest Industries Inc.

InventorsReed Hauge, Louis Divito, David Woods

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Abstract

The installation of a pool fence, specifically a pool gate, requires the drilling of installation holes on the ground near the pool. If the distance between the installation holes for the pool gate does not equal the distance between the pegs coupled to the pool gate, a peg shifter may be used that has an adjustable peg that can shift to change the location of the peg to make equal the two aforementioned distances when the peg shifter is coupled to the pool gate. The adjustability of the location of the peg when coupled to the pool gate may be accomplished by restructuring the body of the peg shifter to off-center the peg. Such restructuring of the body of the peg shifter may be done by removing a shim attached to one side of the peg shifter to the opposite side.

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Dependent claims

A peg shifter for coupling to a receiving cavity of a pool gate, comprising:

a main body having a rectangular shape, the main body having a first longitudinal face and a second longitudinal face, and a base therebetween, the first and second longitudinal faces being opposing lateral faces of the rectangular shape;
one or more engagement members on the first longitudinal face of the main body;
one or more second engagement members on the second longitudinal face of the main body;
a peg extending from the base;
and
a shim having a thickness and one or more corresponding engagement members on an outer surface of the shim, the one or more corresponding engagement members configured to removably couple to the one or more engagement members of the first longitudinal face of the main body and also removably couple to the one or more second engagement members on the second longitudinal face of the main body;
wherein when the shim is coupled to the first longitudinal face of the main body, the peg is centered about a cross-section of the peg shifter defined by the base of the main body and the thickness of the shim;
and
wherein when the shim is coupled to the second longitudinal face of the main body, the peg is shifted off-center about the cross-section of the peg shifter by a distance equaling the thickness of the shim.

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A method for using a peg shifter to install a pool gate to a ground floor, comprising:

detaching a removable shim from a main body of the peg shifter by separating one or more corresponding engagement members that are on the removable shim from one or more engagement members on a first longitudinal face of the main body, the main body having a rectangular shape;
attaching the removable shim to a second longitudinal face of the main body by coupling the one or more corresponding engagement members of the shim to one or more second engagement members on the second longitudinal face of the main body, the second longitudinal face being opposite to the first longitudinal face of the main body, wherein attaching the removable shim to the second longitudinal face of the main body shifts a first peg extending from the main body off-center relative to a cross-section defined by a base of the main body and a body thickness of the shim;
coupling the peg shifter to a first receiving cavity located on a bottom section of the pool gate such that the first peg extends downwards from the pool gate;
coupling a second peg to a second receiving cavity located on the bottom section of the pool gate such that the second peg extends downwards from the pool gate;
and
inserting the first peg into a first installation hole and inserting the second peg into a second installation hole on the ground floor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.