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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas A. Epple, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Fort Wayne Pools, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 4/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 4/00 ;
Abstract
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.