Pool apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10036173-B2
Application number	US-201615153256-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2016
Priority date	Nov 12, 2015
Publication date	Jul 31, 2018
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018

Abstract

A pool apparatus has a surrounding side frame, a tarpaulin and a top portion frame. The surrounding side frame provides a closed geometrical shape defined on the ground after the tarpaulin is surrounded with respect to the ground. The tarpaulin may be constituted by various kinds of waterproof materials. The tarpaulin has a bottom portion, a side portion and a top portion. The shape of the bottom of the tarpaulin corresponds to the closed geometrical shape. The side portion of the tarpaulin connects to the bottom portion and surrounding the surrounding side frame. The top portion of the tarpaulin connects to the side portion of the tarpaulin. The thickness of top portion of the tarpaulin is thicker than the thickness of the other portion s of the tarpaulin. The top portion frame clips the top portion to fix the tarpaulin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pool apparatus providing a place for people to do activities in the pool apparatus, the pool apparatus comprising:
a surrounding side frame for defining a closed geometrical shape above a ground after the surrounding side frame is surrounded with respect to the ground;
a tarpaulin having a bottom portion, a side portion, and a top portion, the shape of the bottom portion corresponding to the closed geometrical shape, the side portion connecting to the bottom portion and disposed about the surrounding side frame, the top portion connecting to the side portion, and the thickness of the top portion being thicker than the thickness of other portions of the tarpaulin; and
a top portion frame configured to clip the top portion of the tarpaulin to the surrounding side frame to fix the tarpaulin;
wherein the surrounding side frame is constructed mainly by a rectangular thin sheet; and
wherein the rectangular thin sheet has a plurality of folding lines in a direction substantially perpendicular to the ground.

2. The pool apparatus as claim 1 , wherein the top portion of the tarpaulin has a folded portion, the folded portion being constructed by folding the tarpaulin with a predetermined folding number on the top portion region of the tarpaulin.

3. The pool apparatus as claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the top portion of the tarpaulin is increased by adding to the top portion of the tarpaulin.

4. The pool apparatus as claim 1 wherein the rectangular thin sheet has metal material.

5. The pool apparatus as claim 1 , wherein the surrounding side frame comprises a plurality of side support pillars and a plurality of frame surface structures, two sides of the frame surface structures being supported by corresponding two side support pillars of the plurality of side support pillars.

6. The pool apparatus as claim 1 , wherein the top portion frame includes a plurality of clip strips, the clip strips having an elastic trench configured to clip the top portion of the tarpaulin to the surrounding side frame.

7. The pool apparatus as claim 6 , wherein the clip strips include two long tubes and a long tube connection port, the long tube connection port connecting the two long tubes for providing a predetermined elastic force and forming the elastic trench between the two long tubes.

8. The pool apparatus as claim 7 , wherein the clip strips further comprise a plurality of connection bolts for inserting the long tubes to connect different long tubes in series to constitute the top portion frame.

9. The pool apparatus as claim 8 , wherein in the middle of the connection bolts has a blocking part configured to control the connection bolts and the relative positions between the two long tubes.

10. The pool apparatus as claim 8 , further comprising an isolation bar being disposed inside the long tube to divide the interior of the long tube into two channels, wherein the connection bolts are inserted into one of the channels and a fixity between the connection bolts and the long tubes is strengthened with an elastic force generated by the deformation of the isolation bar caused by the insertion of the connection bolts into the long tubes.

11. The pool apparatus as claim 7 , wherein the top portion frame comprises a corner buckle structure for connecting the plurality of clip strips to form the top surface frame, and the clip strips have a flat surface larger than three square centimeters on their top portion.

12. The pool apparatus as claim 6 , wherein the clip strip has an inverse Ushape clip to constitute the elastic trench.

13. The pool apparatus as claim 6 , wherein the top portion has a folded portion, the folded portion being constituted by folding the tarpaulin with a predetermined folding number on the top portion of the tarpaulin, the predetermined folding number being determined according to the thickness of the tarpaulin and the width of the entrance of the elastic trench.

14. The pool apparatus as claim 13 , wherein for thinner tarpaulin, larger folding number on the top portion of the tarpaulin is provided to match the entrance width of the elastic trench.

15. The pool apparatus as claim 11 , wherein after the folding of the top portion of the tarpaulin, the folded portions of the tarpaulin are fixed by heating welding.

16. The pool apparatus as claim 1 , wherein a maximum width of the closed geometrical shape is larger than two meters, and a height of the surrounding side frame is larger than sixty centimeters.

17. The pool apparatus as claim 1 , wherein the pool apparatus further comprises a bottom portion frame configured to carry the surrounding side frame above the bottom portion frame.

18. The pool apparatus as claim 1 , wherein the side portion of the tarpaulin and the surrounding side frame have respectively two corresponding holes configured to form a water outlet and a water inlet to connect a filtering pump.

Assignees

• Bestway Inflatables & Mat Corp

Inventors

• Liu Feng

Classifications

• E04H2004/0068

  made of plastic shells or plastic elements including at least parts of walls and floors · CPC title

• E04H4/0056 Primary

  with a framework combined with a water retaining bag · CPC title

• E04H2004/146

  Fixing of liners · CPC title