Pool apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9896854-B2
Application number	US-201615153174-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2016
Priority date	Oct 10, 2015
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A pool apparatus includes a pool body, a water inlet, a water outlet, and an outlet valve. The water inlet is used for carrying water into the pool body. The water outlet is used for draining water out of the pool body. The outlet valve covers the water outlet. The outlet valve has a drainage surface for draining water out of the pool body from the drainage surface with a drainage direction. The outlet valve has a protrusion block protruding with a distance opposite to the drainage direction from the drainage surface to decrease the risk that the user may be sucked on the outlet valve.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pool apparatus, comprising:
a pool body for holding water and for providing a user to do activities in the pool body;
a water inlet for supplying water into the pool body;
a water outlet for draining the water outside the pool body, and
an outlet valve for covering the water outlet, wherein the outlet valve has a draining surface for water flowing out of the pool body in a draining direction, and the outlet valve has a protrusion block protruding a protruding distance opposite to the draining direction from the draining surface to decrease risk of sucking the user at the water outlet.

2. The pool apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the outlet valve comprises a main body portion to form the draining surface, the protrusion block is disposed on the main body portion, and a bottom side of the protrusion block overlaps with the draining surface, the main body portion comprises at least one filter screen to drain the water from the pool body, and the protrusion block has a protrusion portion protruding the protruding distance upward from the draining surface.

3. The pool apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the main body portion comprises a circular structure, and the protruding distance of the protrusion block is 10% larger than the diameter of the circular structure.

4. The pool apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the main body portion comprises a circular structure, and the protruding distance of the protrusion block is 5% larger than the diameter of the circular structure.

5. The pool apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the main body portion comprises a circular structure, and the protruding distance of the protrusion block is 20% larger than the diameter of the circular structure.

6. The pool apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the main body portion comprises a circular structure, and the circular structure has a lateral surrounding part and a circular face part, and the lateral surrounding part and the circular face part comprise a filter structure to drain water out of the pool body.

7. The pool apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the protrusion portion of the protrusion block comprises a top filter screen to drain water out of the pool body.

8. The pool apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the protrusion portion and the main body portion are two separable structures, and the main body portion comprises a through hole to assemble the protrusion portion.

9. The pool apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the protrusion portion of the protrusion block is a dome structure.

10. The pool apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the protrusion portion of the protrusion block comprises a cone-shaped body.

11. The pool apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the protrusion portion of the protrusion block comprises a supporting blocking frame, and the supporting blocking frame forms a separating space to keep a predetermined distance between the user and the draining surface.

12. The pool apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the protrusion block comprises multiple protrusion portions.

13. The pool apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the area of the bottom side of the protrusion block is larger than the area of the draining surface.

14. The pool apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the main body portion is a polygonal structure.

15. The pool apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the main body portion and the protrusion block have different geometric shapes.

16. The pool apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a filter pump linked to the water inlet and the water outlet of the pool body for providing a draining power to drain water out of the outlet from the pool body, wherein there is a predetermined correspondence between the protrusive distance and the draining power.

17. The pool apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the draining power is larger than 1,000 gallons/hr.

18. The pool apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the draining power is larger than 2000 gallons/hr.

19. The pool apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an emergency switch to turn off a filter pump used for drainage.

20. The pool apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the emergency switch is set close to the outlet valve.

Assignees

• Bestway Inflatables & Mat Corp

Inventors

• Liu Feng

Classifications

• E04H4/1245

  Recirculating pumps for swimming pool water · CPC title

• E04H4/1218 Primary

  Devices for removal of polluted water; Circumferential gutters · CPC title

• F16L5/00

  Devices for use where pipes, cables or protective tubing pass through walls or partitions (installations of electric cables or lines through walls, floors or ceilings H02G3/22) · CPC title

• E04H4/1236 Primary

  Bottom drains · CPC title