Above ground pool
AssigneeVogue Industries Ltd.
InventorsMichel Dallaire, Michel Seguin
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Abstract
A molded plastics framework for an above-ground swimming pool which includes an endless molded base member having post sockets and a continuous cove integral therewith. The base member is made up of a plurality of identical molded modules which are connected together end to end to make up the endless base member. Molded plastics posts are secured in the base socket and extend upwardly in a spaced apart manner and receive an endless ledge made up of molded ledge segments connected end to end above the posts.
Claims12
A framework for an above-ground pool comprising an uninterrupted base member made up of a plurality of molded interconnected base member sections defining a continuous groove for receiving a retaining wall, the base member also including spaced-apart sockets for receiving upright posts, each interconnected base member section having a first and a second end, wherein the first end of one base member section includes a first portion of a post socket molded integrally thereat and the second end of the base member section includes a complementary second portion of the post socket molded integrally thereat, whereby said groove is defined in the base member section and the first and second socket portions in an uninterrupted fashion, and wherein the first end of the base member section and the first post socket portion include a male connecting portion in a vertical plane extending laterally to the base member, and the second end of the base member section and the second post socket portion include a female connecting portion in a vertical plane extending laterally to the base member for engaging and interlocking with the first end of an adjacent base member section, a plurality of upright posts with each post including a post foot for engaging the interlocked post socket, whereby the post foot locks the mated interconnected base member sections and post socket portions together, an uninterrupted coping extending along the top of the posts, and means provided on the coping to receive the top of the posts and fasteners securing the posts to the post sockets and to the coping, the coping including interconnecting coping segments with each segment including a first and second end, the first end having a male connecting portion in a vertical plane extending laterally to the coping member and the second end having a female connecting portion in a vertical plane extending laterally to the coping member to engage and be interlocked with the first end of an adjacent coping segment, fastening means for fastening the coping members to the post, whereby the coping members retain the upper edge of the retaining wall.
A framework for an above-ground pool comprising an uninterrupted base member made up of a plurality of molded interconnected base member sections defining a continuous groove for receiving a retaining wall, the base member also including spaced-apart sockets for receiving upright posts, each interconnected base member section having a first and a second end, wherein the first end of one base member section includes a first portion of a post socket molded integrally thereat and the second end of the base member section includes a complementary second portion of the post socket molded integrally thereat, whereby said groove is defined in the base member section and the first and second socket portions in an uninterrupted fashion, and wherein the first end of the base member section and the first post socket portion include a male connecting portion in a vertical plane extending laterally to the base member, and the second end of the base member section and the second post socket portion include a female connecting portion in a vertical plane extending laterally to the base member for engaging and interlocking with the first end of an adjacent base member section, a plurality of upright posts with each post including a post foot for engaging the interlocked post socket, whereby the post foot locks the mated interconnected base member sections and post socket portions together, an uninterrupted coping extending along the top of the posts, and means provided on the coping to receive the top of the posts and fasteners securing the posts to the post sockets and to the coping.
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