SWIMMING POOL COPING

• US 3,835,481 A
• Filed: 12/20/1972
• Issued: 09/17/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John M. Engelhart, William P. Morrish
• Original Assignee: John M. Engelhart, William P. Morrish
• Inventors: Engelhart, John M., Morrish, William P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Artis, Henry K.
• Application Number:
  US05/316,660
• Time in Patent Office: 636 Days
• Field of Search: 4/172,172.21,172.19 52/169,179
• US Class Current: 52/169.7
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 4/142 with fixing means for sealing foil

Abstract

A one-piece extrudable, first coping for a swimming pool includes a horizontal section and a vertical section with means formed at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical sections for gripping the upper edge of a vinyl liner. The coping is attached to the metal liner for the pool and a deck is formed around the coping and aids in retaining the coping in place. A second coping can be attached to a vertical wall of the first coping to extend upwardly and over the edge of the deck.

Claims

1. A coping for a swimming pool having a liner and a deck, said coping comprising:

a flat, substantially planar vertical section terminating at its upper end in a horizontal edge which is only of the thickness of said coping and a horizontal section integrally joined to the lower edge of said vertical section, means for gripping said liner formed at the intersection of said vertical section and said horizontal section, said horizontal section of said coping being completely covered by said deck and the horizontal edge of said vertical section defining one edge of said deck.

2. The coping as defined in claim 1 and in which said gripping means comprises:

an L-shaped web extending from the lower edge of the vertical section to an upper face of the horizontal section at a point spaced from the end of said horizontal section, the edge of said horizontal section being flanged whereby said L-shaped web and said flanged end form a slot extending around said swimming pool for retaining said liner.

3. The coping as defined in claim 1, said deck being formed of concrete and extending over said horizontal section and up to said vertical section.

4. The coping as defined in claim 1 and said deck being formed of wooden members, said wooden members being disposed over said horizontal section and extending adjacent said vertical section.

5. The invention as defined in claim 1 and includIng a second coping having a flat portion fastened to said vertical section of said first mentioned coping, a curved portion integrally joined to the upper edge of said flat portion and extending over the juncture of said vertical section and said deck and a flat portion extending horizontally over a portion of said deck.

6. The invention as defined in claim 5 and including means for removably fastening said second mentioned flat portion to said deck.

7. The invention as defined in claim 5 and including fastening means for removably attaching said flat portion of said second coping to said vertical section of said first mentioned coping.

8. A coping for a swimming pool having a liner and a deck, said coping comprising:

a flat substantially planar, vertical section adjacent a vertical surface of said deck and a curved portion integrally joined to the upper portion of said vertical section and having a flat horizontal portion extending over the horizontal surface of said deck;

means for removably fastening said vertical section to the vertical surface of said deck and for removably fastening said flat portion to a horizontal portion of said deck.

9. The coping as defined in claim 8 and in which said fastening means comprises brackets fastened to said deck and an inwardly formed flange on said flat portion to be received by said bracket means.