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US 9,540,835 B1Granted
Umbrella pool cover
OwnerFelice Pennacchiainventor
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Abstract
The umbrella pool cover includes a frame assembly that is specially designed for use in covering a pool. The frame assembly includes a tubular member coupled to a pool. The tubular member extends toward a center of the pool. A central dome is coupled to the tubular member. The dome is supported above the pool. A cover is positionable on the tubular member and the dome so the cover may cover the pool.
Claims8
A frame assembly for covering a pool comprising:
- a tubular member coupled to the pool wherein said tubular member extends toward a center of the pool;
- a central dome coupled to said tubular member wherein said dome is supported above the pool;
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- a cover being positionable on said tubular member and said dome wherein said cover is configured to cover the pool;
- wherein said cover being one of a pair of covers;
- wherein a first one of said pair of covers having a centrally positioned opening;
- wherein said first cover has a donut shape;
- wherein a second one of said pairs of covers being positionable on said central dome after the first cover is positioned on a plurality of tubular members;
- wherein an outer edge of said second cover is spaced downwardly from an inside edge of the centrally positioned opening;
- wherein said second cover overlaps said first cover;
- wherein a skirt coextensively coupled to and extending downwardly from an outside edge of said first cover;
- wherein said first cover being positionable over a plurality of said tubular members;
- wherein the inside edge of the centrally positioned opening in said first cover is curvilinear with an outside edge of said central dome;
- wherein said inside edge of said centrally positioned opening is spaced upwardly on said central dome from said outside edge of said central dome;
- wherein an outside edge of said first cover is coextensive with an outside wall of the pool;
- wherein said skirt extends downwardly along an outer surface of the outside wall of the pool;
- wherein a first portion of said tubular member comprising a flat end of said first portion of said tubular member being coupled to a top side of an outside wall of the pool;
- wherein an open end of said first portion of said tubular member is directed toward the center of the pool;
- wherein a second portion of said tubular member comprising an open end of said second portion of said tubular member being insertably coupled to an open end of a first portion of said tubular member;
- wherein a flat end of said second portion of said tubular member is directed toward the center of the pool;
- wherein a grommet extending through said skirt;
- wherein said grommet being one of a pair of evenly spaced grommets;
- wherein the evenly spaced grommets are evenly distributed around said skirt.
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A frame assembly for covering a pool comprising:
- a tubular member coupled to the pool, said tubular member comprising;
- a first portion of said tubular member comprising a flat end of said first portion of said tubular member being coupled to a top side of an outside wall of the pool wherein an open end of said first portion of said tubular member is directed toward a center of the pool;
- a second portion of said tubular member comprising an open end of said second portion of said tubular member being insertably coupled to said open end of said first portion of said tubular member wherein a flat end of said second portion of said tubular member is directed toward the center of the pool;
- a plurality of first fastener apertures extending laterally through an outside wall of said first portion of said tubular member such that said plurality of first fastener apertures is spaced apart from said open end of said first portion of said tubular member;
- a plurality of second fastener apertures extending laterally through an outside wall of said second portion of said tubular member such that said plurality of second fastener apertures is spaced apart from said open end of said second portion of said tubular member;
- a fastener extending through a selected pair of said first and second fastener apertures wherein said second portion of said tubular member is retained on said first portion of said tubular member;
- a central dome coupled to said tubular member wherein said dome is supported above the pool, said flat end of said second portion of said tubular member being coupled to said central dome wherein a top surface of said flat end of said second portion of said tubular member abuts a bottom surface of said central dome;
- said tubular member being one of a plurality of tubular members, said plurality of tubular members being evenly distributed around the outside wall of the pool wherein said plurality of tubular members radiates around said central dome;
- a cover being positionable on said plurality of tubular members and said central dome wherein said cover is configured to cover the pool, said cover being one of a pair of covers;
- a first one of said pair of covers having a centrally positioned opening wherein said first cover has a donut shape;
- a skirt coextensively coupled to and extending downwardly from an outside edge of said first cover, said first cover being positionable over said plurality of tubular members wherein an inside edge of said centrally positioned opening in said first cover is curvilinear with an outside edge of said central dome wherein said inside edge of said centrally positioned opening is spaced upwardly on said central dome from said outside edge of said central dome wherein said outside edge of said first cover is coextensive with the outside wall of the pool wherein said skirt extends downwardly along an outer surface of the outside wall of the pool;
- a grommet extending through said skirt, said grommet being one of a plurality of evenly spaced grommets, said evenly spaced grommets being evenly distributed around said skirt;
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- a second one of said pairs of covers being positionable on said central dome after said first cover is positioned on said plurality of tubular members wherein an outer edge of said second cover is spaced downwardly from said inside edge of said centrally spaced opening wherein said second cover overlaps said first cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.