Swimming Pool Ladder Cover
A swimming pool is provided with a swimming pool ladder. A swimming pool ladder cover covers the steps and other portions of the swimming pool ladder.
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This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 200920182734.0, filed on Aug. 27, 2009, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/853,668, filed Aug. 10, 2010, titled “Swimming Pool Ladder with Barrier,” which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 200920182573.5, filed on Aug. 11, 2009; Chinese Patent Application No. 200920182579.2, filed on Aug. 11, 2009; Chinese Patent Application No. 200920182572.0, filed on Aug. 11, 2009; and Chinese Patent Application No. 200920182578.8, filed on Aug. 11, 2009, the entire disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThe present disclosure relates to swimming pool equipment, in particular to a device for use with swimming pool ladders.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONMany swimming pools, and particularly above-ground swimming pools, include a ladder so people can easily get into and out of the pool. A typical ladder construction 3′ resembles an A-frame (as shown in
According to one aspect of the present invention, a housing assembly is provided for a swimming pool ladder. The housing assembly includes a housing having an upper portion, a first panel, and a second panel; a housing cover coupled to the second panel of the housing; a closing member having a first section coupled to the housing cover and a second section coupled to the first panel of the housing; and at least one coupler coupled to the housing. The housing is sized to fit over a portion of the swimming pool ladder to be coupled to the ladder by the at least one coupler and the housing cover is coupled to the housing by the closing member, such that the housing and housing cover are capable of surrounding a portion of the swimming pool ladder.
The above mentioned and other features of this disclosure, and the manner of attaining them, will become more apparent and the disclosure itself will be better understood by reference to the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Corresponding reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. Although the drawings represent embodiments of the present invention, the drawings are not necessarily to scale and certain features may be exaggerated in order to better illustrate and explain the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTSThe embodiments disclosed below are not intended to be exhaustive or limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed in the following detailed description. Rather, the embodiments are chosen and described so that others skilled in the art may utilize their teachings.
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Coupled to housing 1 is at least one coupler 4. In an exemplary embodiment, a plurality of couplers 4 are attached to housing 1 and/or panels 14 and 16. Each coupler 4 may be any material suitable for attaching to steps 6′, support 20, or both. For example, each coupler 4 may be a plastic hook sized to hook onto the bottom edge 7′ of step 6′, as shown in
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In another embodiment, female buckle 41 may be coupled to the lower step shown in
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While this invention has been described as having an exemplary design, the present invention may be further modified within the spirit and scope of this disclosure. This application is therefore intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention using its general principles. Further, this application is intended to cover such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art to which this invention pertains.
Claims
1. A housing assembly for a swimming pool ladder, the housing assembly including
- a housing having an upper portion, an outer portion, a first panel, a second panel;
- a housing cover coupled to the second panel of the housing;
- a closing member having a first section coupled to the housing cover and a second section coupled to the first panel of the housing; and
- at least one coupler coupled to the housing, wherein the housing is sized to fit over a portion of the swimming pool ladder to be coupled to the ladder by the at least one coupler, and the housing cover is coupled to the housing by the closing member, such that the housing and housing cover are capable of surrounding a portion of the swimming pool ladder.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the housing and housing cover include a fabric material.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the closing member is a zipper.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the zipper includes a first set of teeth of coupled to the first panel, and a second set of teeth and a slide member coupled to the housing cover, whereby the housing cover is coupled to the first panel by coupling the second set of teeth to the first set of teeth using the slide member.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the slide member is positioned proximate the upper portion of the housing after attaching the first and second sets of teeth of the zipper.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one coupler is an elastic ring coupled to a bottom portion of the housing.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one coupler is a plastic hook coupled to a bottom portion of the housing.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a plurality of couplers are coupled to a bottom portion of the housing.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coupler includes a male part and a female part, at least one of the male and female parts is fixed to the bottom of the housing and the other is fixable to a the lower side of a step of the ladder.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 27, 2010
Publication Date: Mar 31, 2011
Applicant: INTEX RECREATION CORP. (Long Beach, CA)
Inventor: Hua Hsiang Lin (Xiamen)
Application Number: 12/870,410