Narrow buttress system structure for swimming pools
AssigneeCornelius Industries Inc.
InventorGeorge M. Mathias
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Abstract
A swimming pool structure comprises a plurality of buttress post assemblies spaced about the perimeter of the pool and servicing to support the pool wall. Each of the assemblies include a horizontal foot beam with a vertically oriented buttress post connected thereto by angle brackets. Laterally located beams and plates interconnect the sides of adjacent buttress post assemblies and the inner ends of opposing foot beams from opposite sides of the pool are directed under the floor of the pool and are secured together.
Claims9
A buttress support structure for a swimming pool wall comprising a plurality of buttress assemblies spaced about the periphery of the pool, said buttress assemblies being laterally connected one to another in side-by-side relation and each buttress assembly being linearly connected to another buttress assembly directly across the pool therefrom;
- each said buttress assembly including a (a) foot beam extending inwardly of the pool beneath the floor thereof, (b) a vertical buttress post on the outside of the pool wall and (c) brackets connecting said buttress post to said foot beam.
A composite support assembly for use in supporting the wall of a swimming pool, said assembly comprising a base member adapted to lay horizontally beneath the floor of the pool, an upright post member to be located on the outside of the pool wall, and means interconnecting the post and base members;
- said interconnecting means comprising a pair of spaced, generally L-shaped angle brackets having a first pair of legs secured to each base member, one on either side thereof and with their other, second pair of legs extending vertically at right angles therefrom, and said upright post members being secured to said second pair of legs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.