Patent ID: 6598562
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: A01K,E04H,E06C

Abstract:
A pet pool safety system for allowing a pet to safely and easily exit a swimming pool comprising, in combination:a platform fabricated of a water resistant material having a generally rectilinear configuration with an upper surface and a lower surface with a wall end and a pool end and two side ends disposed there between, with the upper surface of the platform having a plurality of pin receivers located at the approximate midpoint of the length of the upper surface with each pin receiver having a passageway of between about Â¼ and 1 inch in diameter there through, with the lower surface of the platform having a plurality of struts running from the wall end to the pool end with the struts each having a triangular shape with the wide end of the strut coupling to the wall end of the platform, the wall end of the platform having a plurality of ladder clamps each clamp having a general U shaped configuration with the opening of the U shape being directed downward and with each ladder clamp being coupled to the platform and a strut, with each ladder clamp having a length of between about 18 and 24 inches and a width of between about 2 and 5 inches and the U shape having an internal recess rung opening with an internal width of between about 1 and 3 inches to accept the external diameter of a pool ladder rung, with the platform having two buoy apertures being between about Â¼ and Â¾ of an inch in internal diameter located at each of the pool ends of the platform; a ramp fabricated of water proof material having a generally rectilinear configuration with a upper surface and a lower surface and an edge disposed there between, with the ramp having a pool end and a wall end and two side edges there between, with the upper surface of the ramp having a plurality of raised ridges for allowing an animal to retain traction on the ramp, with the pool end of the ramp having a round pin passageway running from side to side with the pin passageway having an internal diameter of between about Â¼ and 1 inch; a ramp pin fabricated of rigid water proof material and having a round cylindrical configuration with an external diameter of between about Â¼ and 1 inch and sized to be received by the pin receivers of the platform and the round passageway of the ramp, the pin rotatably coupling the ramp to the platform; a plurality of float subassemblies, with each float subassembly having a rod having a round solid cylindrical configuration with an upper stop, with each rod sized to be securely received and held in the bouy apertures of the platform, with each subassembly also having a float with a central hole which allows the float to move up and down the rod while being retained on the rod by the upper stop; and, a pool side ladder.