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US 4,124,907 AGranted
Swimming pool, and components thereof
OwnerMerrill L. Laveninventor
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A swimming pool having a panel composed in its entirety of a single unit of plastic and having an upright relatively thin wall an inner surface of which is directed toward the interior of the pool and an outer surface of which is directed away from the interior of the pool, this wall having at an upper region a stepped portion defining a recess extending along the upper region of the wall and directed toward the interior of the pool with the outer surface being stepped as well as the inner surface, and with this stepped portion being situated directly beneath a coping portion formed by a part of the wall which is curved first inwardly towrd the interior of the pool and then upwardly and outwardly away from the pool to form a coping portion which has a hollow inner interior part situated over the recess formed by the stepped portion. An elongated fastener strip is adapted to be received in the recess defined by the stepped portion for releasably fastening an upper edge of a liner sheet to the panel so as to extend downwardly from the recess along the inner surface of the panel.
In a swimming pool, a panel for forming part of a wall of the pool, said panel being composed in its entirety of a single unit of plastic material, and said panel having a relatively thin upright wall which has an inner surface directed toward the interior of the pool and adapted to be engaged by a plastic liner as well as an outer surface which is directed away from the interior of the pool, said wall extending upwardly from a lower edge of said panel and said wall having at an upper region of said panel a portion curving inwardly toward the interior of the pool then upwardly and outwardly away from the pool to form a coping portion at the upper end region of the panel, and said wall being stepped outwardly away from the pool at an upper region next to but situated directly beneath said coping portion and an upper edge region of the upright portion of the pool wall to define beneath the coping portion a recess for receiving an upper edge of a liner sheet as well as a fastening means therefor, and fastening means joined with the panel at the recess defined by the stepped portion thereof for fastening the upper edge of a liner to the panel, said fastening means being in the form of an elongated strip of the same material as said panel and said stepped portion defining just beneath said coping portion a groove directed toward the interior of said pool, said strip having an upper lip aligned with said groove but spaced from the coping portion so that a part of a liner sheet which is thicker than the remainder thereof may be aligned with said groove and situated behind said lip to be held thereby in a condition assembled with the panel.
For use in a swimming pool, a panel for forming at least part of a wall of the swimming pool, said panel being composed in its entirety of a single plastic unit made up for the most part of a relatively thin wall one surface of which is adapted to be directed toward the interior of the pool and the other surface of which is adapted to be directed toward the exterior of the pool, and the panel having at an upper edge of said relatively thin wall a stepped portion which is stepped at both of said surfaces and which forms a recess at said one surface, and just above said stepped portion said panel having a portion extending first over said recess then being curved upwardly and around and outwardly beyond said other surface of said panel to form a coping portion, said relatively thin wall having an elongated free edge region distant from said stepped portion and being formed integrally with a plurality of fingers projecting from said free edge region, said fingers being integrally formed with an elongated fastener strip adapted to be received in said recess and fastened therein for releasably holding a plastic liner sheet in engagement with the panel and extending along said one surface thereof, so that said fingers may be broken away to provide the fastener strip as a separate unit which may then be joined to the stepped portion in said recess defined thereby.
In a swimming pool, a panel for forming part of a wall of the pool, said panel being composed in its entirety of a single unit of plastic material, and said panel having a relatively thin upright wall which has an inner surface directed toward the interior of the pool and adapted to be engaged by a plastic liner as well as an outer surface which is directed away from the interior of the pool, said wall extending upwardly from a lower edge of said panel and said wall having at an upper region of said panel a portion curving inwardly toward the interior of the pool then upwardly and outwardly away from the pool to form a coping at the upper end region of the panel, and said wall being stepped outwardly away from the pool at an upper region next to but situated directly beneath said coping portion and an upper edge region of the upright portion of the pool wall to define beneath the coping portion a recess for receiving an upper edge of a liner sheet as well as a fastening means therefor, said panel having at least one fin formed integrally with said upright wall of said panel at said outer surface thereof and extending rearwardly from said outer surface and being substantially upright, and a reinforcing frame means fixed to said fin and extending outwardly therefrom substantially perpendicularly with respect to said upright wall of said panel, said reinforcing frame means terminating distant from said fin in a lower substantially elongated upright part formed with a slot extending vertically therethrough, and a stake extending into said slot and downwardly beyond the latter to be received in the earth.
For use in a swimming pool, a reinforcing frame having a front upright portion adapted to be fastened with a panel of the swimming pool, and said frame having upper and lower rearwardly extending horizontal portions extending rearwardly from said front upright portion, said frame having between said upper and lower substantially horizontal portions thereof a portion of substantially X-shaped configuration, and all of said portions of said frame being integrally joined together, said frame fixedly carrying at the rear of the lower horizontal portion thereof a substantially upright part formed with a slot passing therethrough for receiving a stake.
For use in a swimming pool, a reinforcing frame having a front upright portion adapted to be fastened with a panel of the swimming pool, and said frame having upper and lower rearwardly extending horizontal portions, extending rearwardly from said front upright portion, said frame having between said upper and lower substantially horizontal portions thereof a portion of substantially X-shaped configuration, said portions of said frame being integrally joined together, a substantially upright part formed with a slot passing therethrough for receiving a stake fixedly carried by said frame, said stake situated over said slotted portion, said frame having fingers integrally joining said stake with the upper horizontal portion and with the rear part so that said fingers may be broken away to release said stake so that the latter may be driven down through the rear slotted part of the frame.
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