Multiple accessory swimming pool coping

A coping for a swimming pool used in combination with a flexible swimming pool liner which is secured in and draped from the coping into the interior of a swimming pool and wherein the liner has an upper peripheral securing bead that is fastened on the coping comprising:

• (a) an upper coping segment which on one side forms a transitional corner between a vertical wall and a horizontal deck contiguous to the wall and on the other side comprises a concave recess opening outward and adapted to receive concrete poured therein;
• (b) a mid segment comprising at least three integrally formed superimposed horizontal channels each having an open front facing interiorily of a swimming pool when the coping is secured on a wall of a swimming pool and a depth extending away from the swimming pool and including
• (i) a first lower opened channel devised to hold a peripheral bead of a flexible swimming pool liner;
• (ii) a second opened channel above the lower channel and having its open front located step-wise rearwardly of the open front of the lower channel and its depth extending step-wise rearwardly of the depth of the lower channel;
• and
• (iii) a third opened channel above the second channel and having its open front located step-wise rearwardly from the open front of the second channel and its depth extending step-wise rearwardly of the depth of the second channel,
• each of the channels (ii) and (iii) providing means for holding an accessory therein;
• and
• (c) an integrally formed lower coping segment comprising means for attaching the coping at the top of a vertical wall of a swimming pool.