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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1982
Donald H Weir, York, PA (US);
Donald E Dahowski, York, PA (US);
Fox Pool Corporation, York, PA (US);
Abstract
An improved bead for swimming pool covers or swimming pool domes is provided with locking features which afford substantially improved capability for holding the swimming pool cover or dome secured in a holding groove positioned peripherally around the swimming pool. The groove into which the bead is positioned may be part of the swimming pool coping that is provided with upper and lower horizontal channels and is secured at the top of the pool wall. Where a coping structure with two bead receiving grooves or channels is used, a pool liner bead is retained in the lower channel and the bead of the cover or dome is retained in the upper channel. Sufficient gripping force by the bead in the coping channel is provided by the bead configuration to prevent dislodging of the bead by forces pulling on the member attached to the bead. The bead may be used on an existing pool coping which has a channel or groove that can accommodate a cover or dome, or an accessory channel member may be applied which is bolted or otherwise secured to the sidewall at the periphery of the pool below the coping and in which the bead of the cover or dome is secured. Additionally, where a concrete pool is in disrepair, for example, the accessory may be provided with a second channel wherein the lower groove or channel holds the bead of a vinyl liner which covers the concrete bottom of the pool and the upper groove or channel is employed to retain the bead of the cover or dome utilizing the bead construction of the invention.