Patent ID: 6711018
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: G06F,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
An above ground pool comprising:a pool body formed from a unitary sheet of pliable water-impermeable material and having a bottom wall and a surrounding wall that extends upwardly and integrally from a periphery of said bottom wall, that has a distal top edge distal to said bottom wall, and that further has a diameter that decreases gradually in a direction from said periphery of said bottom wall to said distal top edge of said surrounding wall; an air inflatable ring member having an upper ring part, a lower ring part that is connected integrally to said distal top edge of said surrounding wall, and a central ring axis; and a reinforcing member mounted in said ring member to ensure that said central ring axis is generally concentric with and does not extend outside a circular area bounded by said distal top edge of said surrounding wall, said reinforcing member including an annular strip bonded to and extending along said ring member, wherein said annular strip is bonded to and extends along said upper ring part of said ring member.