US 2011/0209281 A1 · METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RAPID AND CONTROLLED ELEVATION OF A RAISABLE FLOOR FOR POOLS

Abstract

A rapid elevation floor system for a pool at least partially filled with pool water, including a raisable floor for disposing over the bottom of the pool. The raisable floor is combined of a plurality of modular floor elements, at least some of which include a ballasting receptacle. The ballasting receptacle is adapted to receive and discharge a volume of a flotation fluid lighter than the pool water, enabling the pool water to occupy any part of the volume when unoccupied by the flotation fluid. When the raisable floor is disposed beneath the surface of the pool water, the amount of the flotation fluid contained in the raisable floor is adjusted to render the specific weight of the raisable floor as equal to, or as slightly greater than the specific weight of the pool water, such that pumping of the flotation fluid into the ballasting receptacle(s) urges a rapid elevation of the raisable floor.

Claims33

Dependent claims

A rapid elevation floor system, for disposing over the bottom of a pool, the rapid elevation floor system comprising:

(A) a raisable floor.

A method for rapid and controlled elevation of a raisable floor in a pool, the method comprising the stage of:

(a) elevating a raisable floor to a water surface in said pool, wherein said floor system includes:
(i) at least two modular floor elements, wherein at least some of which include a ballasting receptacle inner volume, said ballasting receptacle inner volume being adapted to receive and discharge a volume of a flotation fluid;
and
(ii) a flotation fluid conducting tubing in fluid connection with said ballasting receptacle inner volume, wherein said flotation fluid conducting tubing of at least one modular floor element is in fluid connection with said flotation fluid conducting tubing of at least three other of said modular floor elements, for forming a continuous flotation fluid conducting tubing.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/105,697Filed 11 May 2011

Priority

17 Nov 2008

Published

1 Sep 2011

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

E04H 4/065
Safety devices; Coverings for baths: floors adjustable in height
E04H 4/00
Swimming or splash baths or pools
H10F 10/14
Having potential barriers: photovoltaic cells having only PN homojunction potential barriers
H10F 71/121
Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass: the active layers comprising only Group IV materials

Method and system for rapid and controlled elevation of a raisable floor for pools

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Method and system for rapid and controlled elevation of a raisable floor for pools

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Abstract

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