Apparatus for coping a wall

Claim 1

Apparatus for use in simulating copestones on a swimming pool wall comprising: a plurality of horizontally spaced, inwardly and upwardly extending brackets attached to the inner face of said wall adjacent the uppermost surface of the latter; a first elongated form section mounted solely on said brackets without support from said surface, coextensive in length with the wall, extending laterally inwardly from said face, and rising above the horizontal plane of said surface for forming an overhanging nose on the simulated copestones to be produced; a plurality of elongated horizontally spaced, transversely upright, joint-forming and form-supporting cross members interlocked at one end with said first section and extending laterally therefrom across said surface in supported engagement therewith, each of said members having an uppermost edge configured in accordance with the top of the simulated copestones to be produced and a lower edge resting on said surface; and a second elongated form section attached to and supported solely by the opposite ends of said members in coextensive, contiguous relationship with the uppermost edge of the outer face of said wall, said second form section rising above the horizontal plane of said surface along with said members and said first section for receiving a deposit of cementitious material limited solely to said top surface of the wall without flow to adjoining areas, including the ground, whereby screeding of the green material along said uppermost edges of said members, removing of both sections and all members after the material has cured, and caulking of the joints thus formed by the removed members produces a simulated series of end-to-end copestones capping the wall and supported solely by the latter.