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US 4,707,869 AGranted
Swim through safety division line for pools
OwnerO. Eugene Rayinventor
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Abstract
A swim through safety division line for pools at the slope break between shallow and deep water is disclosed. The division line includes a floating frame held vertically by ballast and having top and bottom bars sufficiently above and below the water surface of the pool to allow swimmers to pass through the frame of the division line without being obstructed as when swimming laps in a pool.
Claims8
A swim-through safety division line for pools comprising:
- a flexible division line at the water level of the pool extending across the width of the pool between opposite sides of the pool at a slope break of the pool between shallow and deep water, the division line being formed of two parts, each part having a first end attached to opposite sides of the pool and a second end connected to a buoyant frame,
- said buoyant frame including a top horizontal frame member disposed far above the water level, a bottom horizontal frame member disposed far below the water level and two vertical side frame members extending between the top and bottom horizontal frame members and attached to opposite ends of the top and bottom horizontal frame members to allow the unobstructed passage of swimmers through the frame while swimming lengthwise of the pool, thereby precluding the necessity of swimming under water to pass the division line, and a pair of floats, each float attached coaxially to one of the vertical side frame members, the second ends of the division line extending through said floats and being connected to the opposite vertical side frame members at the level of the pool water surface, whereby the floats not only render the frame buoyant but also hold the division line on the water surface to thereby render the division line visible to swimmers in the pool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.