IP Library Granted Patent US 10,012,002
Granted Patent B2
US 10,012,002 · App. 15/143,661 · Granted Jul 3, 2018

Manufacture with main basin and fountain basin

Inventors: Alex Lei Velet (Westlake, OH); Trevor L. Jackson (Kirtland, OH); Nicholas Emile Stanca (Westlake, OH); Jess Paul Carlson (Chagrin Falls, OH); David Michael Pehar (Willoughby, OH)
Assignee: GENERAL FOAM PLASTICS CORPORATION
E04H4/0031B05B17/08E04H4/0037E04H4/12E04H2004/0068
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Patent No.
US 10,012,002
App. No.
15/143,661
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacture includes a main basin having a floor and a perimeter wall and a fountain basin disposed above the floor within a perimeter of the perimeter wall, the fountain basin including at least one fountain opening and at least one drainage opening, the fountain basin configured to be connected to a pressurized water source such that water from the pressurized water source flows from the fountain opening of the fountain basin.

Claims (44)

1. A manufacture comprising:

a main basin including a floor and a perimeter wall; and

a fountain basin disposed above the floor within a perimeter of the perimeter wall, the fountain basin including at least one fountain opening and at least one drainage opening, the fountain basin configured to be connected to a pressurized water source such that water from the pressurized water source flows from the fountain opening of the fountain basin, the fountain basin rotatable relative to the main basin to at least two modes:

a) a main basin filling mode in which the drainage opening of the fountain basin is unobstructed such that water from the fountain basin drains into the main basin through the drainage opening of the fountain basin, and

b) a fountain basin filling mode in which the drainage opening of the fountain basin is obstructed such that water from the fountain basin does not drain from the fountain basin into the main basin through the drainage opening.

2. The manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the fountain basin is removably attachable to the main basin.

3. The manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the main basin includes a pedestal connected to the fountain basin and above which the fountain basin is disposed.

4. The manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the main basin includes a pedestal above which the fountain basin is disposed, wherein the fountain basin is removably attachable to the pedestal of the main basin.

5. The manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the main basin includes at least one drainage opening that

in the main basin filling mode, aligns with the drainage opening of the fountain basin such that the water from the fountain basin drains into the main basin through the drainage opening of the fountain basin and the drainage opening of the main basin, and

in the fountain basin filling mode, does not align with the drainage opening of the fountain basin such that the water from the fountain basin does not drain into the main basin through the drainage opening of the fountain basin and the drainage opening of the main basin.

6. The manufacture of claim 1 , wherein,

in the main basin filling mode, water from the pressurized water source flows from the fountain opening forming a water fountain above the fountain basin such that at least some water from the water fountain fills the main basin, and

in the fountain basin filling mode, at least some water from the pressurized water source pools in the fountain basin filling the fountain basin, the at least some water eventually cascading off a top portion of the fountain basin into the main basin.

7. The manufacture of claim 1 , wherein, the at least one fountain opening of the fountain basin includes a first fountain opening and a second fountain opening different from the first fountain opening, and wherein, in the main basin filling mode, the fountain basin is rotatable between a first position in which water from the pressurized water source flows from the first fountain opening and a second position in which water from the pressurized water source flows from the second fountain opening, wherein the first fountain opening causes water from the pressurized water source flowing through the first fountain opening to flow in a first spray or fountain pattern and the second fountain opening causes water from the pressurized water source flowing through the second fountain opening to flow in a second spray or fountain pattern different from the first spray or fountain pattern.

8. A pool set comprising:

a main basin including a floor, a perimeter wall and a pedestal; and

a fountain basin including an engagement mechanism configured to engage the pedestal of the main basin, the fountain basin including at least one fountain opening and at least one drainage opening, the fountain basin configured to be connected to a pressurized water source such that water from the pressurized water source flows from the fountain opening of the fountain basin, the fountain basin, when engaged to the pedestal, rotatable relative to the main basin to at least two modes:

a) a main basin filling mode in which the drainage opening of the fountain basin is unobstructed such that water from the fountain basin drains into the main basin through the drainage opening of the fountain basin, and

b) a fountain basin filling mode in which the drainage opening of the fountain basin is obstructed such that water from the fountain basin does not drain from the fountain basin into the main basin through the drainage opening.

9. The pool set of claim 8 , wherein the pedestal has a shape that corresponds to a shape of the fountain basin such that the fountain basin in an upside-down orientation nests to the pedestal.

10. The pool set of claim 8 , wherein the pedestal includes a second engagement mechanism configured to engage the engagement mechanism of the fountain basin with the fountain basin in an upside-up orientation.

11. The pool set of claim 8 , wherein the main basin includes at least one drainage opening that

in the main basin filling mode, aligns with the drainage opening of the fountain basin such that the water from the fountain basin drains into the main basin through the drainage opening of the fountain basin and the drainage opening of the main basin, and

in the fountain basin filling mode, does not align with the drainage opening of the fountain basin such that the water from the fountain basin does not drain into the main basin through the drainage opening of the fountain basin and the drainage opening of the main basin.

12. The pool set of claim 8 , wherein,

in the main basin filling mode, water from the pressurized water source flows from the fountain opening forming a water fountain above the fountain basin such that at least some water from the water fountain fills the main basin, and

in the fountain basin filling mode, at least some water from the pressurized water source pools in the fountain basin filling the fountain basin, the at least some water eventually cascading off a top portion of the fountain basin into the main basin.

13. The pool set of claim 8 , wherein, the at least one fountain opening of the fountain basin includes a first fountain opening and a second fountain opening different from the first fountain opening, and wherein, in the main basin filling mode, the fountain basin is rotatable between a first position in which water from the pressurized water source flows from the first fountain opening and a second position in which water from the pressurized water source flows from the second fountain opening, wherein the first fountain opening causes water from the pressurized water source flowing through the first fountain opening to flow in a first spray or fountain pattern and the second fountain opening causes water from the pressurized water source flowing through the second fountain opening to flow in a second spray or fountain pattern different from the first spray or fountain pattern.

14. A set comprising:

a main basin including a floor and a perimeter wall; and

a fountain basin including an engagement mechanism configured to engage the main basin, the fountain basin including at least one fountain opening and at least one drainage opening, the fountain basin configured to be connected to a pressurized water source such that water from the pressurized water source flows from the fountain opening of the fountain basin, the fountain basin, when engaged to a pedestal, rotatable relative to the main basin to at least two modes:

a) a main basin filling mode in which the drainage opening of the fountain basin is unobstructed such that water from the fountain basin drains into the main basin through the drainage opening of the fountain basin, and

b) a fountain basin filling mode in which the drainage opening of the fountain basin is obstructed such that water from the fountain basin does not drain from the fountain basin into the main basin through the drainage opening.

15. The set of claim 14 , wherein the fountain basin is removably attachable to the main basin.

16. The set of claim 14 , wherein the main basin includes a pedestal including an engagement mechanism for engaging the engagement mechanism of the fountain basin such that the fountain basin is disposed above the pedestal in an upside-up orientation.

17. The set of claim 14 , wherein the main basin includes a pedestal that has a shape that corresponds to a shape of the fountain basin such that the fountain basin in an upside-down orientation nests to the pedestal.

18. The set of claim 14 , wherein the main basin includes at least one drainage opening that

in the main basin filling mode, aligns with the drainage opening of the fountain basin such that the water from the fountain basin drains into the main basin through the drainage opening of the fountain basin and the drainage opening of the main basin, and

in the fountain basin filling mode, does not align with the drainage opening of the fountain basin such that the water from the fountain basin does not drain into the main basin through the drainage opening of the fountain basin and the drainage opening of the main basin.

19. The set of claim 14 , wherein,

in the main basin filling mode, water from the pressurized water source flows from the fountain opening forming a water fountain above the fountain basin such that at least some water from the water fountain fills the main basin, and

in the fountain basin filling mode, at least some water from the pressurized water source pools in the fountain basin filling the fountain basin, the at least some water eventually cascading off a top portion of the fountain basin into the main basin.

20. The set of claim 14 , wherein, the at least one fountain opening of the fountain basin includes a first fountain opening and a second fountain opening different from the first fountain opening, and wherein, in the main basin filling mode, the fountain basin is rotatable between a first position in which water from the pressurized water source flows from the first fountain opening and a second position in which water from the pressurized water source flows from the second fountain opening, wherein the first fountain opening causes water from the pressurized water source flowing through the first fountain opening to flow in a first spray or fountain pattern and the second fountain opening causes water from the pressurized water source flowing through the second fountain opening to flow in a second spray or fountain pattern different from the first spray or fountain pattern.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2018
From: GENERAL FOAM PLASTICS CORPORATION
To: POLYGROUP MACAU LIMITED (BVI)
Reel/Frame 047152/0861 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2018
From: NOTTINGHAM SPIRK DESIGN ASSOCIATES
To: GENERAL FOAM PLASTICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045039/0826 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2016
From: VELET, ALEX LEI; JACKSON, TREVOR L.; STANCA, NICHOLAS EMILE; CARLSON, JESS PAUL; PEHAR, DAVID MICHAEL
To: NOTTINGHAM SPIRK DESIGN ASSOCIATES
Reel/Frame 038647/0704 →
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