Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Pool type – Combined or convertable
Patent
1987-11-30
1989-02-28
Phillips, Charles E.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Pool type
Combined or convertable
E04H 318
Patent
active
048073091
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for converting a swimming pool into a skating rink and preserving the structural integrity of the pool, the pool comprising a water basin and a ledge extending around the top edge of the basin, the ledge protruding inwardly over the edge of the basin, the basin being filled with water up to a predetermined level below the ledge, the apparatus comprising a sheet completely overlying the ledge and the open top of the basin and extending downwardly into the basin to at least the predetermined level of the water in the basin such that the bottom of the sheet contacts essentially the entire surface of the water in the basin below and inside the ledge; the sheet extending downwardly into the basin and being filled above its top surface with water up to a predetermined level below the ledge; a plurality of impact resistant cornices overlying the sheet and the ledge and extending around the circumference of the pool in sequential array; each cornice comprising a trapezoidal plate overlying the ledge and a rectangular flange plate attached to and extending the length of the short end of the trapezoidal plate, the flange plate extending downwardly into the basin a predetermined level below the ledge; the trapezoidal sides of the trapezoidal plate forming an angle of greater than about 45 degrees with a line extending from the short end of the plate; the cornices being sequentially arranged around the ledge such that the left side of the rectangular plate of each cornice is aligned substantially parallel to and closely adjacent to the right side of the rectangular plate of each immediately adjacent cornice.
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Oliverio M. Lawrence
Phillips Charles E.
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