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US 4,229,843 AGranted
Pool floor
AssigneeBombardier Inc.
InventorGermain Belanger
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Abstract
An adjustable flooring structure for swimming pools is formed by a series of large, flat, panel-like modules interconnected to form a floor. The structure includes ballasting means formed by serially connected pipes in the modules which pipes can be filled with water or air to alter the buoyancy of the structure as desired. The structure is supported from the pool floor on adjustable legs and without the legs has a low overall height so that it can be settled to the bottom of the pool when not required for use.
Claims15
An adjustable flooring structure for a swimming pool comprising:
- a planar platform having a flat upper side and a lower side;
- a plurality of legs each engageable in an operative position with said platform to extend downwardly therefrom and to support said platform in a horizontal disposition at a predetermined height above the floor of a swimming pool;
- buoyancy adjusting means mounted on said platform and selectively operable to cause said platform to float to the surface of the water in the pool or to sink towards the floor of the pool;
- said legs being accessible from the upper side of said platform to effect movement thereof to and from said operative position, said platform being capable of resting with its lower side in contact with the pool floor when said legs are removed from the operative position and said buoyancy adjusting means operated to cause the platform to sink.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.