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US 12,716,254 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.
Claims14
A pool, comprising:
- a floor;
- one or more sidewalls connected to the floor;
- a surface extending from at least one of the sidewalls;
- a peripheral wall extending from the surface to the floor;
- and
- a second surface extending from one or more sidewalls;
- wherein the floor, sidewalls, peripheral wall, surface, and a second surface are integrally formed from a cast cementitious material producing a monolithic pool shell;
- one or more reinforcing elements are located within the floor, sidewalls, peripheral wall and surface;
- a cavity is formed adjacent and behind the peripheral wall, the surface and the second surface;
- the surface and second surface forming a set of steps;
- the sidewalls have a substantially constant thickness from where they join the floor to a peripheral edge;
- and
- the peripheral edge is substantially the same thickness as the sidewalls.
10 more elements
A method of forming a plunge pool, comprising the steps of:
- casting an integral monolithic plunge pool shell in a mould from a cementitious material, the pool shell having:
- a floor;
- one or more sidewalls connected to the floor;
- a surface extending from at least one of the sidewalls;
- a peripheral wall extending from the surface to the floor;
- a second surface extending from one or more sidewalls;
- and
- a cavity formed adjacent and behind the peripheral wall, the surface and the second surface;
- the surface and second surface forming a set of steps;
- the sidewalls having a substantially constant thickness from where they join floor to a peripheral edge;
- and
- the peripheral edge is substantially the same thickness as the sidewalls;
- extracting the plunge pool shell from the mould;
- and
- finishing an internal surface of the plunge pool to be waterproof.
12 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.