Patent ID: 8141180
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An insert for converting an existing swimming pool to a counter-current swimming pool, said existing swimming pool having a length defined by first and second opposing end walls, a width defined by first and second opposing side walls, and a floor, the insert comprising: a cover plate having a front end and a rear end, said front end and rear end spaced apart from a corresponding adjacent first and second end wall by a respective gap, with water being pumped in and discharged through the respective gap; one or more boundary walls extending from the cover plate to a floor of the existing swimming pool in a lengthwise direction of the existing swimming pool and defining flow channels therebetween, and a plurality of axial feed units disposed inside the flow channels between the front end and the rear end of the cover plate, with each axial feed unit comprising a water propulsion system formed as a single unit with a dedicated drive system, wherein the water propulsion system pumps pool water through the flow channels by taking in the pool water across the entire width of the existing pool near the first end of the existing pool and discharging the pool water into the existing pool across the entire width of the opposing second end of the existing pool in a flow direction.