IP Library Granted Patent US 10,935,220
Granted Patent B2
US 10,935,220 · App. 15/825,843 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Pool liner with LED light strings

Inventors: Chaolong Lan (Shenzhen, CN); Victor Hugo Ocegueda Gallaga (Tijuana, MX)
Assignee: Polygroup Macau Limited (BVI)
F21V21/08E04H4/14E04H4/148F21S4/20F21V23/003F21V31/005F21W2131/401F21Y2103/10F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 10,935,220
App. No.
15/825,843
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for attaching pool accessories, such as LED light strings, to a pool liner. The systems and methods for attaching pool accessories can comprise a re-sealable pocket attached to a pool liner where the re-sealable pocket can hold a LED light string or another pool accessory.

Claims (16)

1. An above-ground pool comprising:

a pool liner;

at least one re-sealable pocket attached to a surface of the pool liner, the at least one re-sealable pocket comprising a strip that comprises (i) a first edge having a first connector and (ii) a second edge having a second connector, wherein the at least one re-sealable pocket is attached to the surface of the pool liner such that a portion of the strip disposed between the first edge and the second edge contacts the pool liner, and a pocket is formed when the first edge is detachably coupled to second edge; and

at least one LED light string removably inserted into the at least one re-sealable pocket.

2. The above-ground pool of claim 1 , wherein the at least one re-sealable pocket further comprises a zipper mechanism configured to cause the first and second connectors to couple and decouple along the length of the strip.

3. The above ground pool of claim 1 , the pool liner being constructed from a single sheet of material having first and second ends attached at a single unitary vertical seam.

4. The above-ground pool of claim 3 , the strip having first and second terminal ends, and the strip spanning the perimeter of the pool such that each of the first and second terminal ends are attached to the pool liner proximate the unitary seam.

5. The above-ground pool of claim 1 wherein the strip is welded to the pool liner.

6. An above-ground pool of comprising:

a pool liner;

at least one re-sealable pocket attached to a surface of the pool liner, the at least one re-sealable pocket comprising (i) a first strip comprising a first connector and (ii) a second strip comprising a second connector, the first strip and the second strip each being attached to the pool liner such that the first connector is detachably coupleable to the second connector; and

at least one LED light string removably inserted into the at least one re-sealable pocket.

7. The above-ground pool of claim 6 , the at least one re-sealable pocket further comprising a zipper mechanism configured to cause the first and second connectors to couple and decouple along a length of the respective strips.

8. The above ground pool of claim 6 , the pool liner being constructed from a single sheet of material having first and second ends attached at a single unitary vertical seam.

9. The above-ground pool of claim 8 , the first strip and the second strips each comprising a first terminal end and a second terminal end, and the first strip and the second strip spanning the perimeter of the pool such that the first and second terminal ends of the first and second strips are attached to the pool liner proximate the unitary seam.

10. The above-ground pool of claim 6 , wherein the first strip and the second strip are welded to the pool liner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: LAN, CHAOLONG; OCEGUEDA GALLAGA, VICTOR HUGO
To: POLYGROUP MACAU LIMITED (BVI)
Reel/Frame 044251/0003 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62427519 · Nov 29, 2016
Related Publication 20180149342A1 · May 31, 2018