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Granted Patent B2
US 12,392,153 · App. 17/907,871 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Swimming pool structure with an edge gutter

Inventor: Marco Massa (Bussolengo, IT)
Assignee: MA.MI. INTERNATIONAL S.R.L.
E04H4/1227E04H4/1245
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Patent No.
US 12,392,153
App. No.
17/907,871
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Swimming pool structure having at least one edge zone including a first surface which delimits and surrounds a main tank (MB) for water containment and at least one top wall designed to allow the passage of users from the external towards said tank (MB), said pool structure also including a water collection, filtering and recirculating circuit in the main tank (MB), in which said at least a top wall includes at least a respective segment inclined with respect to the horizontal and has at least an opening or groove or a structure such as to allow the passage of water through it so as to be conveyed towards said circuit.

Claims (17)

1. A swimming pool structure having:

at least one edge zone comprising a first surface which delimits and surrounds a main tank (MB) for water containment and a plurality of tiles placed side by side and comprising a top wall of said at least one edge zone, wherein each tile has a front edge, a rear edge and two side edges, wherein each tile is inclined with respect to the horizontal and placed adjacent to each other,

wherein the main tank (MB) comprises a water collection, filtering and recirculating circuit having at least one well zone under the top wall;

wherein at least one through groove is formed between each of said plurality of tiles, wherein each through groove extends from at least the front edge to the rear edge of each tile and from the top wall down to the at least one well zone, wherein said at least one through groove has a position inclined with respect to the horizontal, so as to have two terminal ends at different levels, comprised of a first terminal end that is lower than a second terminal end.

2. The swimming pool structure according to claim 1 , wherein said front edge is in contact with or resting on a first part of the edge zone proximal to the first surface and the rear edge is in contact with or resting on a second part of the edge zone distal from the tank (MB) with respect to the first surface, wherein the front edge is at a level that is lower than the rear edge.

3. The swimming pool structure according to claim 2 , in which starting from the first surface away from the main tank (MB), the edge zone comprises a first section, which is curved, horizontal or inclined with respect to the horizontal, then a second section vertical or inclined with respect to the vertical so that the level or vertical position of the second section decreases moving away from the first section, said first section defining the distance between the top wall and said first surface, said first part being provided by the second section moving away from the main tank (MB), said first part being made up of a third section which is substantially flat and horizontal or inclined with respect to the horizontal, which is at a level or vertical position lower than the first section.

4. The swimming pool structure according to claim 3 , comprising a retaining component fixed to the upper end or corner of the first surface, said retaining component being designed to provide an abutment or containment surface for the first front edge, said retaining component having a substantially vertical main portion from which a portion with horizontal main extension departs away from the main tank (MB), which rests on the first part or on the respective third section substantially flat and horizontal or inclined with respect to the horizontal, wherein the upper surface of the main portion constitutes said first section, and the upper surface of the horizontal main section constitutes said second section.

5. The swimming pool structure according to claim 1 , wherein the angle (A) defined between the portion of a first plane (FP) connecting the first front edge and the rear edge and the portion of a second horizontal plane (SP) underlying such portion of the first plane (FP) is greater than 0°.

6. The swimming pool structure according to claim 5 , wherein said angle (A) is comprised between 5° and 60°.

7. The swimming pool structure according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one respective segment is made of a draining agglomerate with porosity between 10 and 500 m2 g-1.

8. The swimming pool structure according to claim 1 , wherein each through groove has a width between 5 mm and 25 mm.

9. The swimming pool structure according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of through grooves are spaced apart one from the other.

10. The swimming pool structure according to claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of tiles of the top wall comprises an intermediate portion extending between first front edge and the rear edge, wherein said intermediate portion is not supported from below from a main block of the edge zone, wherein the edge zone has a recessed area (RA) which subtends the intermediate portion of the aforementioned segment of the top wall.

11. The swimming pool structure according to claim 1 , wherein said collection, filtering and recirculation circuit extends starting from an area below the top wall and is in fluid communication with the at least one through groove formed therein to receive water that passes therethrough, said circuit having an inlet mouth opening below the top wall.

12. The swimming pool structure according to claim 1 , wherein said water collection, filtering and recirculating circuit in the main tank (MB) comprises at least one filter, mounted in the at least one well zone (WZ) and designed to intercept the water falling into it starting from the top wall, said circuit further comprising recirculation or movement means placed in a portion (WZ 1 ) of the at least one well zone (WZ) downstream of the filter or in any case on the bottom of the at least one well zone (WZ) or in a position lower with respect to the at least one filter.

13. The swimming pool structure according to claim 12 , wherein said at least one filter is a bag filter.

14. The swimming pool structure according to claim 13 , wherein said recirculation or movement means comprise a pump.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2024
From: MA.MI. ITALIA S.R.L.
To: MA.MI. INTERNATIONAL S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 068694/0793 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2023
From: MASSA, MARCO
To: MA.MI. ITALIA S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 062292/0912 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT 102020000004108 · Feb 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230151627A1 · May 18, 2023
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