Tanning ledge support structure
AssigneeThursday Pools
InventorsWilliam Khamis, Edward Vondell, David Camp
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Abstract
A swimming pool assembly, including a swimming pool body defining a pool top edge and an oppositely disposed bottom pool floor member connected by at least one pool wall and having a shallow deck portion and a support structure for providing support to the deck portion operationally connected to the deck portion and extending away from the pool top edge. The support structure further includes a support structure floor member, at least one support structure wall member extending therefrom and connected to the shallow deck portion to define an enclosure, and at least one fluid access aperture formed through the support structure wall member to provide fluidic communication with the enclosure.
Claims15
A swimming pool assembly, comprising:
- a swimming pool body defining a pool top edge and an oppositely disposed bottom pool floor member connected by at least one pool wall and having a shallow deck portion;
- a support structure for providing support to the deck portion operationally connected to the deck portion and extending away from the pool top edge, wherein the support structure further comprises:
- a support structure floor member;
- at least one support structure wall member extending therefrom and connected to the shallow deck portion to define an enclosure;
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- at least one fluid access aperture formed through the support structure wall member to provide fluidic communication with the enclosure.
A kit for modifying a preformed swimming pool having a tanning ledge, comprising:
- a support structure enclosure for providing connection to the tanning ledge for providing support to the tanning ledge and having at least one wall portion extending from a floor portion to define an open-topped enclosure;
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- at least one anchor member connectible to the support structure;
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- adhesive for bonding the support structure to the tanning ledge.
A method of stabilizing a preformed swimming pool body having a tanning ledge, comprising:
- a) engaging a support enclosure below a tanning ledge of a preformed swimming pool body to define a swimming pool assembly;
- b) positioning the swimming pool assembly in an excavation;
- c) supporting the tanning ledge with the support structure in the excavation;
- d) backfilling around the swimming pool body and the support structure;
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- wherein the support structure has at least one aperture for fluidic communication there through.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.