Enclosure for inground swimming pool

An enclosure for a swimming pool, the pool having a planar structural deck surface completely surrounding the pool perimeter, said enclosure comprising:

• a plurality of vertically extending support channels, each having a lower and upper end;
• an enclosure base support structure defining a rectilinear enclosure perimeter on the planar deck surface, said base support structure comprising;
• means for structurally supporting said lower ends of said plurality of support channels and for interconnecting said support channels to the structural deck surface, in spaced-apart relationship around said rectilinear perimeter;
• vertically extending substantially rigid sidewalls structurally attached to and supported by said vertically extending support channels, said sidewalls having upper edges which co-operate to define a closed upper enclosure perimeter substantially coextensive with said rectilinear enclosure perimeter, said sidewalls including a plurality of windows which may be opened to provide ventilation;
• a curvilinear shaped dome-like roof means attached to substantially the entire upper enclosure perimeter of said vertically extending sidewalls to completely enclose a volume lying above a plane passing through said upper enclosure perimeter, said roof means comprising a plurality of curvilinear shaped tubing sections, at least one free end of each of said tubing sections being fixedly attached to the upper end of one of said vertical support channels, said plurality of tubing sections co-operating with one another to define a fixed structurally rigid skeleton-like support structure;
• and wherein said dome-like roof means further comprises a cover made from a flexible plastic material supported by said skeleton-like structure and;
• means for retaining the lower edges of said cover at a position substantially adjacent said upper enclosure perimeter;
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• means located in one of said sidewalls, for providing access to the interior of said enclosure;
• whereby the pool, the planar deck surface, said vertically extending sidewalls and said dome-like roof means co-operate to define an interior volume enclosing the pool and deck surface.