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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 1979
Filed:
May. 15, 1978
George F Arp, Fairport, NY (US);
Heldor Associates, Inc., Clifton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A swimming pool wall is formed of interconnected panels extending a substantial distance along the pool wall and upward for only part of the height of the wall which is formed of at least 3 tiers of panels. The panels are formed of resin material to have an inward facing wall and flanges extending outward along top, bottom, and end edges. The top and bottom flanges have mating tongues and grooves extending along the length of each of the panels to interlock the tiers together, and the flanges are connected to hold the tongues and grooves together. The flanges at the ends of the panels are interconnected and arranged so that the end joints in one of the tiers are located in central regions of panels in an adjacent tier. A strengthener is fitted into a tongue and groove relationship with the lowermost of the bottom flanges to extend across end edge joints for strengthening the bottom tier. Each of the panels has a predetermined shape so that their substantial length cooperates when the panels are interlocked in tiers to conform the panels accurately to a predetermined configuration of the pool wall. For a cylindrical pool, the panels can be identical with the connected bottom and top flanges forming strong hoops of material extending around the pool wall.