Patent ID: 6691334
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A swimming pool covering structure for covering a top surface of a volume of liquid contained within a swimming pool, said swimming pool having a pool bottom wall and a pool peripheral wall extending from said pool bottom wall, said pool peripheral wall defining a peripheral wall inner surface and a peripheral wall top edge, said swimming pool also defining an outer structural component positioned outwardly relative to said peripheral wall top edge in a substantially fixed relationship relative to said pool peripheral wall, said swimming pool covering structure comprising:a substantially flexible covering section, said covering section being configured and sized for extending substantially across said top surface, said covering section defining a covering section outer peripheral edge; a substantially flexible anchoring section, said anchoring section being configured and sized for extending peripherally and outwardly from said covering section, said anchoring section defining an anchoring section inner peripheral edge and an anchoring section outer peripheral edge, said covering and anchoring sections being separable from each other about a separation segment; a covering-to-anchoring section releasable attachment means extending between said covering and anchoring sections about said separation segment for releasably attaching said covering and anchoring sections together about said separation segment; anchoring means attached to said anchoring segment for anchoring said anchoring segment to said outer structural component.