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US 7,861,471 B2Granted
Track assembly with apparatus for forming deck edging for swimming pools
AssigneeCoverstar, Inc.
InventorLanny R. Smith
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for constructing edging around the perimeter of a swimming pool having a decking and a retractable pool cover, wherein an elongated guide connector is attached to a wall of the swimming pool for connecting to a guide member for the pool cover, that includes a form member shaped to form the edging, and a form mating structure on the form member for removably mating the form member to the elongated guide connector.
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An apparatus for constructing edging of a swimming pool, comprising:
- (a) an elongated guide connector configured to be permanently embedded in a wall of the swimming pool and having an open-sided cavity defined therein that is configured to receive a pool cover guide member, said cavity having a top portion and a bottom portion, a bottom side of the top portion having a form-receiving structure formed thereon,
- (b) a unitary metallic deck forming member having an edge forming portion shaped to form the edging, and
- (c) a metallic form mating structure integrally formed on a top portion of said unitary deck forming member for removably mating said unitary deck forming member to said elongated guide connector, wherein said form mating structure is adapted to be mated to said form receiving structure.
An apparatus for attaching to a wall of a swimming pool, comprising:
- (a) an elongated track member permanently secured to a wall of the swimming pool, said elongated track member having top and bottom members forming an open-sided cavity therebetween, the bottom side of said top member having a channel defined therein for receiving a pool cover guide member;
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- (b) a unitary form element for forming an edge of decking for the pool, said unitary form element including an edge forming portion shaped to form the edging, and a connector for connecting said unitary form element to said elongated track member.
An apparatus for attaching to a wan of a swimming pool, and disposed to accommodate a guide member for the edge of a pool cover as the pool cover extends and retracts, comprising:
- (a) an elongated track member permanently attached to a wall of the swimming pool, said elongated track member having an elongated cavity defined therein for accommodating the guide member,
- (b) an elongated surface on said elongated track member, said elongated surface having a first mating element formed on a bottom side of a top portion of said elongated track member;
- (c) it reusable unitary metallic form member for forming an edge of the decking, said unitary form member having an integral second mating element conforming to the shape of said first mating element;
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- (d) a securing member for securing said unitary form member to said elongated surface so that said first and second mating elements register together.
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An apparatus for forming deck edging for a swimming pool, comprising:
- an elongated track member having a top portion and a bottom portion with a elongated cavity defined therebetween, said top portion being adapted to have a unitary deck forming member removably mated thereto, and said elongated cavity being configured to receive an automatic pool cover guide member that guides an edge of an automatic pool cover as it is extended or retracted.
An apparatus for forming deck edging for a swimming pool, comprising:
- (a) an elongated track member configured to be permanently attached to the wall of the swimming pool, said elongated track member having a top member and a bottom member forming an open-sided cavity between said top member and said bottom member, the bottom side of said top member having a channel defined therein for receiving a pool cover guide member;
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- (b) a unitary metallic form element for forming an edge of the decking for the pool, the form element including
- a generally vertical side wall shaped to form the deck edging for the swimming pool,
- a bottom wall extending generally laterally from said side wall, said bottom wall being configured for insertion in said open-sided cavity, and
- a protrusion integrally formed on a top surface of said bottom wall, said protrusion being configured to be :received at least partially within said channel formed in said top member of said elongated track member.
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An apparatus for constructing edging of a swimming pool, comprising:
- (a) an elongated guide connector adapted to be permanently attached to a wall of the swimming pool and having an open-sided cavity defined therein for receiving a pool cover guide member, said connector having a top portion and a bottom portion, a bottom side of the top portion having a first form mating structure formed thereon,
- (b) a unitary deck forming member having an edge funning portion shaped to form the edging and a mating portion integral with the edge forming portion adapted to protrude into the cavity, and
- (c) a second form mating structure integrally formed on a top side of said mating portion for removably mating with the first form mating structure to thereby removably couple the top side of said mating portion of the deck forming member to the bottom side of the top portion of the elongated guide connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.