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US3099018A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Floating swimming pool

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-09-04
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Granted: 1963-07-30
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Expires: 1982-09-04
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 William A O'connell

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 02:35
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04H; E04H4/00; E04H4/0012

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 220 words
A SWIMMING POOL OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, INCLUDING A COMBINATION: A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF FLOAT UNITS, EACH FLOAT UNIT BEING COMPRISED OF A RECTANGULAR SKELETON FRAMEWORK OF LIGHT WEIGHT MATERIAL; A PAIR OF HORIZONTALLY SPACED PONTOONS SUPPORTING EACH UNIT FROM A BODY OF WATER; MEANS HINGEDLY CONNECTING ADJACENT UNITS TO FORM A RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE; A DECK PANEL ATOP EACH UNIT AND COEXTENSIVE THEREWITH; A BASIN OF SPECIALLY TREATED CANVAS MATERIAL FOR CONTAINING A DETERMINED QUANTITY OF CLEAR WATER DEPENDINGLY SUPPORTED FROM THE FLOAT UNITS WHITHIN THE INNER AREA DEFINED BY THE FRAMEWORKS THEREOF: A WEIGHT DEPENDINGLY SUPPORTED AT EACH CORNER OF THE BASIN; MEANS FOR ANCHORING OR MOORING THE CONNECTED FLOAT UNITS AND THE BASIN SUPPORTED THEREBY, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF EYE ELEMENTS EACH RIGID WITH ONE OF THE CORNER FLOAT UNITS CLOSEST TO SHORE, A PAIR OF STAKES DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND INLAND OF SAID BODY OF WATER, AND A PAIR OF GUY RODS EACH HAVING ONE END SECURED TO ONE OF SAID EYE ELEMENTS AND ITS OPPOSITE END SECURED TO ONE OF THE STAKES. AND MEANS PROVIDING ACCESS FROM THE SHORE TO AT LEAST ONE DECK PANEL AND VICE VERSA, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A GANGPLANK HAVING ITS INLAND END PORTION RESTING ON THE SHORE AFORESAID AND ITS OPPOSITE END PORTION RESTING ON A DECK PANEL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 220 words
A SWIMMING POOL OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, INCLUDING A COMBINATION: A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF FLOAT UNITS, EACH FLOAT UNIT BEING COMPRISED OF A RECTANGULAR SKELETON FRAMEWORK OF LIGHT WEIGHT MATERIAL; A PAIR OF HORIZONTALLY SPACED PONTOONS SUPPORTING EACH UNIT FROM A BODY OF WATER; MEANS HINGEDLY CONNECTING ADJACENT UNITS TO FORM A RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE; A DECK PANEL ATOP EACH UNIT AND COEXTENSIVE THEREWITH; A BASIN OF SPECIALLY TREATED CANVAS MATERIAL FOR CONTAINING A DETERMINED QUANTITY OF CLEAR WATER DEPENDINGLY SUPPORTED FROM THE FLOAT UNITS WHITHIN THE INNER AREA DEFINED BY THE FRAMEWORKS THEREOF: A WEIGHT DEPENDINGLY SUPPORTED AT EACH CORNER OF THE BASIN; MEANS FOR ANCHORING OR MOORING THE CONNECTED FLOAT UNITS AND THE BASIN SUPPORTED THEREBY, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF EYE ELEMENTS EACH RIGID WITH ONE OF THE CORNER FLOAT UNITS CLOSEST TO SHORE, A PAIR OF STAKES DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND INLAND OF SAID BODY OF WATER, AND A PAIR OF GUY RODS EACH HAVING ONE END SECURED TO ONE OF SAID EYE ELEMENTS AND ITS OPPOSITE END SECURED TO ONE OF THE STAKES. AND MEANS PROVIDING ACCESS FROM THE SHORE TO AT LEAST ONE DECK PANEL AND VICE VERSA, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A GANGPLANK HAVING ITS INLAND END PORTION RESTING ON THE SHORE AFORESAID AND ITS OPPOSITE END PORTION RESTING ON A DECK PANEL.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-07-29 1967-01-28 1967-07-30 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-07-29 1971-01-28 1971-07-30 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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