Method and apparatus for sealing pool fixtures to vinyl pool liners
AssigneeAssociated Leisure Products, Inc.
InventorsMichael Gibson, Robert G. Dickie
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Abstract
A sealing member for sealing a pool fixture to a vinyl pool liner and a method of using the same. The sealing member includes inner and outer frame members, one of which includes a channel and the other includes a projection complementary to the channel. A bead of sealing material is provided one of in the channel and on the projection. When the inner and outer frame members are engaged with each other, the projection is received in the channel and a portion of the pool liner retained thereinbetween is maintained in contact with the sealing material.
Claims21
A sealing member for sealing a pool fixture to a vinyl pool liner comprising:
- an inner frame member adapted to be disposed in abutting contact with an interior surface of the pool liner;
- an outer frame member adapted to be disposed in abutting contact with an exterior surface of the pool liner;
- said outer frame member being interlockingly engageable with the inner frame member, whereby a portion of the pool liner is retained thereinbetween.
In combination:
- a pool fixture;
- a vinyl pool liner
- a sealing member comprising:
- an inner frame member mountable on the pool fixture and having an exterior surface disposed to abut an interior surface of the pool liner;
- an outer frame member having an interior surface and an exterior surface;
- wherein the outer frame member is interlockingly engageable with the inner frame member;
- whereby a portion of the pool liner is retained between the interior surface of the outer frame member and the exterior surface of the inner frame member.
A method of sealing a pool fixture to a vinyl pool liner comprising the steps of:
- providing an inner frame member having an exterior surface with one of a channel and a boss;
- providing an outer frame member having an interior surface defining the other of the channel and the boss, wherein the other of the channel and the boss of the outer frame member is complementary to the one of the channel and the boss of the inner frame member;
- mounting the inner frame member on the pool fixture;
- applying a pool liner over the pool fixture and the inner frame member, whereby the exterior surface of the inner frame member is in contact with a portion of an interior surface of the pool liner;
- contacting an exterior surface of the pool liner with the outer frame member;
- engaging the outer frame member with the inner frame member such that the boss of the one of the inner and outer frame members is received in the channel of the other of the inner and outer frame members, whereby a portion of the pool liner is retained between the inner and outer frame members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.