Swimming pool cover

Claim 1

A COMBINED SWIMMING POOL COVER AND POOL-SIDE AWNING STRUCTURE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A COVER MEMBER OF A SIZE AND CONFIGURATION OF AT LEAST ONE-HALF THE AREA OF THE POOL, AT LEAST TWO STRUTS PIVOTED ADJACENT THE GROUND SURFACE AT ONE SIDE OF THE POOL AT THEIR LOWER ENDS AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT THEIR UPPER ENDS WITH SAID COVER MEMBER AT POINTS ALONG THE LIN E OF APPROXIMATE LATERAL CENTER OF GRAVITY OF THE COVER MEMBER, WHEREBY THE STRUTS AND CONNECTED COVER MEMBER MAY BE SWUNG TO AND FROM A LOWER POOL COVERING POSITION TO AN ELEVATED AWNING POSITION, MEANS FIXED WITH RESPECT TO THE GROUND FOR CONNECTION WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID STRUTS NEAR ITS LOWER END ONLY IN THE ELEVATED POSITION FOR LIMITING THE UPWARD SWINGING MOVEMENT OF AID STRUCTURE AWAY FROM POOL-COVERING POSITION TO A POSITION A FEW DEGREES BEYOND THE VERTICAL, AND MEANS LOCATED CLOSELY ADJACENT THE UPPER PIVOTAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COVER MEMBER AND THE STRUTS AND CARRIED BY ONE OF SAID LAST NAMED PIVOTALLY CONNECTED PARTS AND OPERABLE TO MOVE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OTHER FOR PREVENTING RELATIVE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT AT THAT POINT WHILE THE COVER MEMBER IS IN RAISED OR AWNING POSITION.