IP Library Granted Patent US 10,030,400
Granted Patent B2
US 10,030,400 · App. 14/563,654 · Granted Jul 24, 2018

Formation aids for use in forming swimming pools and associated method

Inventor: Brian Claffey (Colleyville, TX)
E04H4/0081E04H4/00E04H4/12E04H4/14
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,030,400
App. No.
14/563,654
Granted
Jul 24, 2018
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 (10)

1. A system for preventing entry of debris into a drainage system during construction, comprising:

(a) a first flexible insert having a length, a width and a height substantially equal to a length, a width and a height of a channel beneath which is a first drain opening; and

(b) a second flexible insert having a cylindrical shape and removably integrated into the first flexible insert, the second flexible insert having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of a pressure relief pipe; and

(c) a third flexible insert having a cylindrical shape and removably and longitudinally integrated into the second flexible insert, the third flexible and cylindrical insert having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the second flexible insert,

wherein the second flexible insert has a longitudinal axis substantially equal to the height of the channel.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first flexible insert is constructed of foam.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second flexible insert is constructed of foam.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a section of the first flexible insert having a width greater than a diameter of the first drain opening.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the width of the first flexible insert is greater than twice a diameter of the first drain opening.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an orifice within the second flexible insert, the orifice having a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the second flexible insert.

Continuity (2)
Division 12717720 · Mar 4, 2010
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Cited By (1)
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