Bendable swimming pool coping
First Claim
1. A swimming pool coping for covering a top edge of curved swimming pool walls comprising:
- an integrally formed body having a hollow nose portion and a mounting seat portion;
said hollow nose portion having a rounded profile with top and bottom portions connected by a web; and
a notch-shaped relief joint interrupting said bottom portion of the rounded profile and extending into said hollow nose portion for assisting said body to bend in directions that match curvatures of the swimming pool walls.
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Abstract
A swimming pool coping that can be used for covering a top edge of curved swimming pool walls includes an integrally formed body having a hollow nose-shaped portion and a mounting seat portion. The hollow nose-shaped portion has a rounded profile with top and bottom portions that are connected by a web. A notch-shaped relief joint interrupts the bottom portion of the rounded profile in a position that contracts in response to bending of the coping body in either of two directions to match concave and convex curvatures of swimming pool walls. The rounded profile projects from the web through a distance that is decreased by the contraction of the relief joint so that the coping exhibits a similar appearance while matching either concave or convex curvatures of the pool walls.
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28 Claims
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1. A swimming pool coping for covering a top edge of curved swimming pool walls comprising:
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an integrally formed body having a hollow nose portion and a mounting seat portion; said hollow nose portion having a rounded profile with top and bottom portions connected by a web; and a notch-shaped relief joint interrupting said bottom portion of the rounded profile and extending into said hollow nose portion for assisting said body to bend in directions that match curvatures of the swimming pool walls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A coping for use on swimming pool walls having concave and convex curvatures comprising:
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an extruded body having a substantially invariant cross section along its length; said cross section includes a hollow nose-shaped portion and a mounting seat portion interconnected by a neck portion; said hollow nose-shaped portion having a rounded profile with top and bottom portions that are connected by a web; and a relief joint interrupting said rounded profile in a position that contracts in response to bending of said body in either of two directions to match the concave and convex curvatures of the swimming pool walls. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A coping for forming a top of a swimming pool wall and an inner side of a deck surrounding the pool walls comprising:
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a hollow nose-shaped part having a rounded profile that joins the deck to the swimming pool wall; a web interconnecting top and bottom portions of said rounded profile; cleats projecting from a back of said web for attaching said hollow nose-shaped part to the deck; a mounting seat part for attaching said hollow nose-shaped part to the swimming pool wall; a neck connecting said mounting seat part to said hollow nose-shaped part for communicating a bending moment exerted on said mounting seat part to said hollow nose-shaped part; and a notch formed in said rounded profile in a position at which said notch is contracted by bending of said hollow nose-shaped part to match both concave and convex curvatures of the swimming pool walls, wherein said rounded profile projects from said web through a distance that is decreased by the contraction of said notch to provide a similar appearance in matching the concave and convex curvatures. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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