Pool deck form for vinyl liner swimming pool

An apparatus for forming a deck and coping thereof for a pool, said apparatus comprising,

• (a) a liner retainer strip having a channel extending along the length thereof contoured and dimensioned to receive the peripheral edge of a pool liner of flexible, waterproof material, said channel including
• a first elongate generally horizontally oriented inner surface extending along said liner retainer,
• a second elongate generally horizontally oriented inner surface extending along said liner retainer and generally parallel to said first elongate inner surface,
• a lip extending outwardly from said first elongate inner surface toward said second inner surface,
• the space between said lip and said second elongate inner surface representing a longitudinal channel opening facing said central area of said pool and extending along said liner retainer generally parallel to said pool wall,
• the vertical distance between said lip and said second inner surface generally being constant along the length of said retainer strip and being less than the vertical distance from said first inner surface to said second inner surface,
• (b) a continuous strip of semirigid material including
• (i) a facing surface free of adhesive and positioned below and horizontal edge against said upper portion of said pool wall,
• (ii) a front form surface extending upwardly from said facing surface to form a contoured surface for temporarily supporting concrete poured above said horizontal edge onto said horizontal support surface of said pool, said concrete forming a pool deck and coping thereof contiguous to said pool wall when set, and
• (iii) a back wall surface generally opposed to said front form surface and facing said central area of said pool, and
• (c) an elongate support member having
• (i) a first end shaped and contoured to pass through said strip of semirigid material and be fixedly detachably secured in said liner retainer, and
• (ii) a second end provided with a head having an inner surface contoured to contact said back wall surface of said continuous semirigid strip and to hold said continuous semirigid strip in position against said upper portion of said pool wall when said first end is fixedly secured in said liner retainer, said elongate member being under tension along at least a portion of the length thereof when said first end is secured in said liner retainer channel and said head is contacting said back wall surface of said semirigid strip of material.