Cap for swimming pool coping
AssigneePleasure-Way Pools (1978) Limited
InventorPaul A. Coates
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved cap for swimming pool coping of the type incorporating a bead retainer for a circumscribing bead of a pool cover. The cap comprises a longitudinally extending body having securing means to releasably secure the cap to the coping. A groove longitudinally extends in the front of the cap for releasably securing the pool cover bead and means on the entrance to the groove for releasably retaining therein a plug strip whereby water and debris are blocked from entering the groove. The groove may alternatively releasably receive the bead of the pool cover, or hold therein a plug a strip means or a strip light means, the latter preferably made of fibre optic cable to light the periphery of the pool for safety at night.
Claims15
In a cap for swimming pool coping about the periphery of a swimming pool, the cap incorporating a bead retainer for a circumscribing bead of a pool cover, the improvement characterized by the cap comprising a longitudinally extending body having securing means to releasably secure the cap to the coping, a groove longitudinally extending in the front of the cap within which to releasably secure the pool cover bead and means on the entrance to the groove for releasably retaining therein a plug strip means within that entrance so that water and debris are blocked from entering the groove.
A cap according to claim further comprising an elongated plug strip means for the groove for releasably inserting in the cap groove at its entrance, the plug strip means having longitudinal edges along which are provided means for cooperating with the means on the groove entrance for releasably securing the plug strip means therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.