Moveable swimming pool floor
AssigneeFLG Industries, Inc.
InventorsJames Pearlson, Raymond Pearlson
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Abstract
A vertically moveable swimming pool floor apparatus includes a rigid planar platform configured to fit the planform area of a swimming pool, and a plurality of hydraulically powered hoists coupled to the platform to raise and lower the platform. The hoists are controlled by a control system operated by the user. The hoists controllably actuate the platform into and out of a swimming pool cavity, such that effective depth of the swimming pool is variable in a continuous range. The platform is equipped with depth indicators to allow users to observe the effective depth of the pool.
Claims6
A vertically moveable swimming pool floor apparatus, comprising:
- a rigid substantially planar platform configured to fit a platform area of a swimming pool, and a plurality of hydraulically powered hoists coupled to the platform to raise and lower the platform;
- and
- at least one depth indicator coupled to the platform
- wherein the at least one depth indicator comprises an elongate rigid member having:
- a length,
- proximal and distal end portions, the proximal end portion being coupled to the platform, the distal end portion being coupled to a sign, and
- a plurality of markers visibly affixed along the elongate rigid member, the markers being spaced along the length at predetermined intervals to indicate actual linear dimension;
- and
- wherein the elongate rigid member is fixedly coupled substantially perpendicular to the platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.