Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.

Trivector Manufacturing Inc.

Fort Wayne Plastics, Inc.

Thomas A Epple

Lanny R Smith

Timothy M Saxer

Neiel J Kuhn

A pool including a wall having a top end and a wall profile, and a reinforcing system for reinforcing the wall. The reinforcing system includes a plurality of top caps attached to the top end of the wall. Each top cap includes a shell body with a peripheral surface and at least one internal truss member such that each top cap is laterally flexible.

Flexible top cap for a pool

A step for ingress and egress from a swimming pool and/or a spa includes a tread including opposing side edges, a riser coupled with and extending substantially perpendicular from one of the side edges of the tread and an upper flange substantially perpendicular to said tread and coupled with and extending upwardly or downwardly from one of the opposing side edges of the tread opposite the riser. The upper flange is configured to be coupled with the riser of another step or a wall of the swimming pool or spa to form a stairway.

Composite step tread

A lid support bracket assembly for supporting a pool cover box lid includes a wall mount and a bracket angularly adjustably coupled to the wall mount.

Automatic pool cover box lid support bracket assemby

An equipment mounting assembly for mounting equipment in a pool cover box is provided, including at least one positioning feature configured to engage at least two walls of the pool cover box and at least one mounting plate, the at least one positioning feature adjustably connected to the mounting plate.

Automatic pool cover box equipment mounting assembly

A swimming pool has a plurality of walls with a pair of side walls on opposite sides of the pool. The plurality of walls define a target water level within the swimming pool. A pair of tracks are respectively associated with each side wall and positioned above the target water level. A cover includes a pair of longitudinal side edges, with each side edge carried by a corresponding track. The cover includes at least one gas vent along each side edge and above the target water level.

Vented automatic cover for a swimming pool

A swimming pool includes a first end wall, a second end wall and a pair of side walls. A cover box is positioned adjacent to the first end wall. A coping is positioned at the top of the side walls and the second end wall. The coping includes a cover track slot. A leading edge bar is associated with the cover track slot and is movable between positions adjacent the first end wall and the second end wall. The leading edge bar includes a nose which fits into the cover track slot of the second end wall when the leading edge bar is adjacent to the second end wall.

Leading edge bar for an automatic pool cover assembly in a swimming pool

An end cap coping for a swimming pool of sufficiently low profile to allow a pool cover to be extended thereover. The end cap coping includes a body having a channel with holes in a bottom thereof for receiving fasteners extending in to a wall of the pool. An enlarged edge of the body includes a slot for retaining a bead of a liner for the pool. The end cap coping is positioned above a target water level for the pool, but below tracks supporting a cover of the pool. A cover is provided for the channel.

End cap coping for a swimming pool

A safety system for an automatic swimming pool cover having a cover and a cover drive for extending and retracting the cover, the safety system having at least one sensor for detecting the presence of a heat generating body in the pool and for generating a signal in response thereto; and a controller receiving said signal and activating a safety protocol in response to the at least one sensor detecting the presence of a heat generating body.

Automatic pool cover safety system

An automatic pool cover box includes a front wall having a plurality of elongated extrusions, each extrusion having a first side wall, an opposite second side wall, a first coupler on the first side wall and a second coupler on the second side wall. Adjacent extrusions are coupled together using a respective first coupler and second coupler. A second side wall of one of the extrusions defines a bottom edge of the front wall. A rear wall includes a plurality of elongated extrusions, each extrusion having a first side wall, an opposite second side wall, a first coupler on the first side wall and a second coupler on the second side wall. Adjacent extrusions are coupled together using a respective first coupler and second coupler. A second side wall of one of the extrusions defines a bottom edge of the rear wall which is at least intermittently connected with the bottom edge of the front wall. A lid includes a plurality of elongated extrusions, with each extrusion having a first side wall, an opposite second side wall, a first coupler on the first side wall and a second coupler on the second side wall. Adjacent extrusions are coupled together using a respective first coupler and second coupler. A hinge member interconnects the rear wall and the lid. The hinge member is coupled with the rear wall in a vertically adjustable manner and is hingably coupled with the lid.

Automatic pool cover box

End cap coping for swimming pool

The invention is directed to a coping for use in a swimming pool. A base is configured for connecting to a sidewall of the pool. A wall is connected to the base and includes a facia. The facia has a first slot for receiving and retaining a liner bead therein and a second slot for receiving and retaining a tube light therein. The first slot and the second slot extend substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the coping. The coping is of monolithic, metal construction. With the slot receiving the tube light having a circular cross-section. A coping clip is utilized to attach end-to-end coping pieces to one another with the clip extending from the top edge of the coping to the light receiving slot without obscuring the light receiving slot.

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Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Thomas A Epple