Patent ID: 6496990
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A component track system for anchoring pool covers to the side walls of a pool comprising in combination:a) an extruded longitudinal cover track having (i) a top face with a longitudinal anchoring slot and a planar base face (ii) a C-channel with a longitudinal slot opening along an outside side edge of the cover track for capturing and holding a side edge of a pool cover and associated sliders carrying leading (front) edge structures, (iii) a cable return channel with a longitudinal slot opening along an inside side edge of the cover track for receiving and protecting cabling connecting between the sliders/front cover corners and an associated cable reel; and b) an extruded longitudinal side wall channel structure having a top channel side wall with a depending longitudinal land and a flat, bottom channel side wall for receiving a cover track wherein the depending longitudinal land is shaped for snuggly fitting into the longitudinal anchoring slot of the cover track, the side wall channel structure being adapted for and incorporated into the structure of a side wall of the pool; and c) a longitudinal spacer plate adapted for and inserted between flat, bottom channel side wall of the wall channel structure and the planar base face of the cover track for mechanically holding the cover track within the wall channel with its anchoring slot snuggly receiving the depending longitudinal land of the wall channel structure, and d) a coupling plate-radial bearing end pulley assembly fastened at and extending from a distal end of each cover track, for carrying and returning cabling connecting between a slider/front cover corner and an associated cable reel, and e) an extruded end wall channel structure adapted for and incorporated into the structure of a distal end wall of the pool for accommodating the coupling plate-radial bearing end pulley assembly fastened at and extending from the distal end of each cover track.