Prefabricated swimming pool

Claim 1

A swimming pool construction comprising an annular enclosure comprised of vertical side walls and an integral adjoining deck extending horizontally outwardly from the upper edge of the side walls and forming therewith a generally inverted L-shaped crosssection, and a waterproof liner extending along the side walls and the enclosure bottom; said side walls and deck comprising a plurality of prefabricated panels and means connecting the adjoining edges of the panels; and means located outwardly of the side walls and under the deck for laterally supporting the side walls against the water pressure exerted when the pool is filled and for vertically supporting the deck, said supporting means comprising a plurality of spaced bearing truss members each generally extending in a vertical plane and interconnecting the side wall with the deck at a portion remote from the side wall and bearing on a ground portion underneath the deck, said truss members being joined to the side wall and deck panels at their junctions with adjacent panels and being located only at the panel junctions, each truss member comprising a triangular member one of whose sides is joined to a lower portion of the side wall and the other of whose sides serves as a ground bearing side, first and second tie members both having ends joined to the deck at a portion remote from the side walls and whose other ends are joined to the triangular member at opposite ends thereof, and a plate-like member extending horizontally just under the deck.