Abstract: A 2-piece buckle connects buckle straps within a safety swimming pool cover. The 2-piece buckle is used in place of a strap/buckle system. The interlocking design allows for a quick, secure attachment that remains unaffected over time by weathering. The tension within the pool cover, along with the interlocking design, secures the 2-component attachment. The “half-moon” prong of the buckle is inserted through the open triangle shape of the other buckle half through the bottom, at an approximate 90-degree angle. The prong is then turned 90 degrees, rotated upward, and the two halves are “locked” into place. After the buckles are connected, the cover can be installed and tensioned over the pool. Tensioning prevents the 2 halves of the buckle from being rotated and disengaged. Disengagement can be performed once the pool cover anchoring hardware has been disengaged and the tension in the cover has been relieved.

Abstract: A 2-piece buckle connects buckle straps within a safety swimming pool cover. The 2-piece buckle is used in place of a strap/buckle system. The interlocking design allows for a quick, secure attachment that remains unaffected over time by weathering. The tension within the pool cover, along with the interlocking design, secures the 2-component attachment. The “half-moon” prong of the buckle is inserted through the open triangle shape of the other buckle half through the bottom, at an approximate 90-degree angle. The prong is then turned 90 degrees, rotated upward, and the two halves are “locked” into place. After the buckles are connected, the cover can be installed and tensioned over the pool. Tensioning prevents the 2 halves of the buckle from being rotated and disengaged. Disengagement can be performed once the pool cover anchoring hardware has been disengaged and the tension in the cover has been relieved.

Abstract: A J-shaped clip attaches a thin flexible protective substrate layer under a conventional fabric pool cover, to protect the pool cover from abrasions and related ripping of the pool cover, caused by wintry weather and weight of debris, leaves, rain, snow, and ice. The J-shaped clip has a flat adhesive section to which the thin but durable padding flexible substrate is attached. The rearward extending curve of the head of the clip is non-adhesive and has pressure point ribs, so that the distal edges of the actual swimming pool cover fit by friction fit force with that rearward extending curve of the head of the J-shaped clip. Multiple clips are attached to the outer edge framing of the pool cover about every 4 or 6 feet and they are applied along the entire 4-sided perimeter of the pool, until equally distributed about the entire perimeter of the fabric pool cover.