Adjustable safety ladder for above-the-ground swimming pools

Claim 1

A safety ladder for an above-the-ground swimming pool provided with a peripheral wall forming a separation between a water side and a ground side, said safety ladder comprising a platform; means for fastening said platform on the top of said wall, with a side of said platform projecting on the water side of said pool and an opposite side projecting on the ground side; a pivotal detachable ladder section having a pair of substantially parallel spaced apart side rail members and a plurality of steps fastened intermediate said side rail members; connecting means for pivotally detachably attaching said pivotal detachable ladder section to said platform, said connecting means comprising a pair of brackets permanently attached to said platform on the ground side of said pool, aligned apertures at the end of each of said side members and at the end of each of said brackets, and a pin having a generally U-shaped resilient retainer pivotally attached to one end of said pin and having a loop on its other end adapted to springingly engage and lock onto the other end of said pin; a permanently attached ladder section mounted on said platform and disposed on said water side, said permanently attached ladder section comprising a pair of substantially parallel spaced apart side rail members and a plurality of steps fastened intermediate said side rail members, each of said side rail members having an integral end portion devoid of steps bent over in the form of an inverted U with a rectilinear end section disposed substantially parallel to said side rail members, and means for adjustably fastening said tubular side rail members and the rectilinear end portion thereof proximate the corners of said platform, the inverted U portion of said side rail members projecting above said platform.