Patents Assigned to Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6886188
    Abstract: A lid support bracket assembly for supporting a pool cover box lid includes a wall mount and a bracket angularly adjustably coupled to the wall mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Epple, Lanny R. Smith
  • Patent number: 6769141
    Abstract: An equipment mounting assembly for mounting equipment in a pool cover box is provided, including at least one positioning feature configured to engage at least two walls of the pool cover box and at least one mounting plate, the at least one positioning feature adjustably connected to the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Epple, Lanny R. Smith
  • Patent number: 6519788
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Epple
  • Patent number: 6418572
    Abstract: A swimming pool includes a first end wall, a second end wall and a pair of side walls. A cover box is positioned adjacent to the first end wall. A coping is positioned at the top of the side walls and the second end wall. The coping includes a cover track slot. A leading edge bar is associated with the cover track slot and is movable between positions adjacent the first end wall and the second end wall. The leading edge bar includes a nose which fits into the cover track slot of the second end wall when the leading edge bar is adjacent to the second end wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Epple, Neiel J. Kuhn
  • Patent number: 6393632
    Abstract: An end cap coping for a swimming pool of sufficiently low profile to allow a pool cover to be extended thereover. The end cap coping includes a body having a channel with holes in a bottom thereof for receiving fasteners extending in to a wall of the pool. An enlarged edge of the body includes a slot for retaining a bead of a liner for the pool. The end cap coping is positioned above a target water level for the pool, but below tracks supporting a cover of the pool. A cover is provided for the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Epple
  • Patent number: 6384726
    Abstract: A safety system for an automatic swimming pool cover having a cover and a cover drive for extending and retracting the cover, the safety system having at least one sensor for detecting the presence of a heat generating body in the pool and for generating a signal in response thereto; and a controller receiving said signal and activating a safety protocol in response to the at least one sensor detecting the presence of a heat generating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Epple, Timothy M. Saxer
  • Patent number: 6324706
    Abstract: An automatic pool cover box includes a front wall having a plurality of elongated extrusions, each extrusion having a first side wall, an opposite second side wall, a first coupler on the first side wall and a second coupler on the second side wall. Adjacent extrusions are coupled together using a respective first coupler and second coupler. A second side wall of one of the extrusions defines a bottom edge of the front wall. A rear wall includes a plurality of elongated extrusions, each extrusion having a first side wall, an opposite second side wall, a first coupler on the first side wall and a second coupler on the second side wall. Adjacent extrusions are coupled together using a respective first coupler and second coupler. A second side wall of one of the extrusions defines a bottom edge of the rear wall which is at least intermittently connected with the bottom edge of the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Epple
  • Patent number: 5941030
    Abstract: A step support brace especially for a swimming pool stair assembly includes vertically extending positioning posts that extend from the top of each horizontal riser portion of the brace associated with a stair tread some or all of which are slidably positionable from front to back along the respective horizontal riser portion to accommodate various stair module types and styles. The posts may also be cut off to a desired length in order to be received within an opening formed in the bottom side of the stair tread. The support brace also has a front hinge structure that allows the hingeable connection to another support brace to form a V-shaped configuration, thereby providing greater stair tread support if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.
    Inventor: James Michael Williamson
  • Patent number: 5375860
    Abstract: A recycling cart for the segregated storage of refuse materials is provided. The cart comprises a wheeled frame member including a lower platform and further including an upper framework that has openings therein into which open topped refuse containers may be inserted and removed. At least one of the containers has a bottom surface supported on the platform. At least one other container has lips extending along the periphery of its open top which engage the upper frame member so that the container is suspended from the frame member. The recycling cart may be formed from 100% recyclable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald E. Ernsberger, Richard M. DeLucenay
  • Patent number: D444242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Epple
  • Patent number: D323913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Assignee: Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald E. Ernsberger, Richard M. DeLucenay
  • Patent number: D397231
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy M. Saxer