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Granted Patent B2
US 8,904,576 · App. 12/717,720 · Granted Dec 9, 2014

Formation aid for use in forming swimming pools and associated system and method

Inventor: Brian P. Claffey (North Richland Hills, TX)
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Patent No.
US 8,904,576
App. No.
12/717,720
Granted
Dec 9, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A formation aid, for use in the forming of receptacles in a swimming pool, includes a three-dimensional body having an essentially conical shape. The three-dimensional body of the formation aid includes a narrow end, for placement near an interior edge of the swimming pool during formation of the swimming pool; and a wide end, for placement remote from the interior edge of the swimming pool, in order to form a receptacle.

Claims (7)

1. A protection aid, for use in installation of swimming pool fixtures, comprising:

(a) a first cylindrical body;

(b) a second cylindrical body; and

(c) an orifice,

wherein a longitudinal axis of the orifice is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first cylindrical body and the second cylindrical body.

2. The protection aid of claim 1 wherein the diameter of the first cylindrical body is smaller than the diameter of the second cylindrical body.

3. The protection aid of claim 1 wherein the second cylindrical body includes a barrel along a longitudinal axis of the second cylindrical body for receiving the first cylindrical body.

Continuity (1)
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