Patent Publication Number: US-11661758-B2

Title: Reusable mold for forming swimming pool copings

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     This invention relates to reusable mold for forming swimming pool copings. Swimming pool copings include a lip portion that enables the coping to cover the exposed top surface of pool walls and to protect the wall by directing water away from the pool interior and into a deck drain, thereby preventing water from penetrating behind pool walls. Further, swimming pool copings includes a finished surface that enable a swimmer to grab something when exiting a swimming pool. Swimming pool copings can be formed that extend over a predetermined peripheral portion of water (an “overhang”) adjacent to the pool wall; whereby, a walking area around the periphery of a swimming pool is formed that supports a swimmer above water. 
     2. Background of the Prior Art 
     Concrete form assemblies for forming copings or “overhangs” for a swimming pool are well known. In particular, U.S. Pat. No. 10,358,836 (“836”) provides a molding system for swimming pool copings that includes a plurality of molding platforms and molding blocks disposed upon the molding platform; whereby, the molding platforms and molding blocks extend continuously about the periphery of a swimming pool, resulting in the platforms and blocks forming a continuously extending mold that ultimately receives a deformable material that solidifies to form a coping having a predetermined configuration. 
     The molding platforms of the 836 Patent further includes lips integrally joined to mold supports that support the molding blocks above swimming pool water. The lips “pinch” a receiver track that extends substantially along the entire periphery of swimming pool, thereby maintaining the position of the molding platforms relative to the receiver track. The molding platforms also include back panels detachably secured to the mold supports. The back panels maintain the horizontal position of the molding blocks upon the mold supports when a deformable material engages the molding blocks. A unique tool ultimately removes the molding system from solidified deformable material and the receiver track. 
     The problem with the 836 Patent is that the molding system requires molding platforms and molding blocks that continuously extend about the periphery of a swimming pool; lips that pinch (but do not “lock” upon) a receiver track to maintain the position of the molding platforms relative to the receiver track; and requires a special tool to remove the molding system from the receiver track and deformable material. 
     A need exists for a reusable mold for forming swimming pool copings that includes a predetermined quantity of brackets that support forms for configuring pool copings; the brackets including locking members that removably secure the brackets to a cooperating liner receiver that continuously extends about a swimming pool. The brackets include members that enable the brackets to be removed from the liner receivers without using a special tool. Further, a need exits for a reusable mold for forming swimming pool copings and/or overhangs that cooperate with a corresponding bracket retainer secured to a concrete surface disposed about the periphery of the swimming pool. The quantity of brackets equals the quantity of bracket retainers with both brackets and bracket retainer having substantially the same dimensions when taking a top view of adjacently disposed brackets and bracket retainers. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     It is an object of the present invention is to provide a reusable mold for forming swimming pool copings. A principal object of the present invention is to provide a reusable mold for forming swimming pool copings; whereby, multiple separated reusable brackets support reusable forms that are disposed proximate to and extend continuously about a top surface of a swimming pool wall. A feature of the reusable mold is multiple brackets that are separated a distance between two and three feet about the perimeter of a swimming pool wall irrespective of the swimming pool having linear or arcuate pool walls forming the swimming pool. Another feature of the reusable mold is that the brackets are configured to detachably secure to an existing liner receiver that continuously extend about and secured to a rigid surface that continuously extends about the swimming pool. Still another feature of the reusable mold is that the brackets are configured to detachably secure to cooperating discrete bracket retainers having the same side view configuration as a liner receiver. An advantage of the reusable mold is that the brackets are manufactured from materials that do not degrade via engage with water and are “light” weight to minimize the force imparted upon the liner receivers. Another advantage of the reusable mold is that less material is required to fabricate the reusable mold than prior art devices, thereby reducing the weight of the reusable mold and corresponding costs to ship and install the reusable mold when compared to prior art devices. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide multiple brackets with each bracket having an outer vertical plate member having a lower portion rotationally secured to an outer portion of a horizontal plate member via a hinge member that allows the outer vertical plate member to rotate relative to and distally separate from the horizontal plate member. A feature of the hinge member is that the outer vertical plate member is allowed to pivot one hundred and eighty degrees in a vertically downward position after removing a fastener that secures the outer vertical plate member to a vertical form member. An advantage of the downward position of the vertical plate member is that a vertical form member can be separated from a solidified deformable material that forms an outer vertical wall of the coping or overhang. Another advantage of the downward position is that a horizontal form member can be horizontally urged from between the solidified deformable material and the horizontal plate member after removing a fastener that secures the horizontal form member to the horizontal plate member, thereby revealing a horizontal bottom wall of the coping or overhang. 
     Still another object of the present invention is to provide a bracket having an inner portion of the horizontal plate member integrally joined to an upper portion of an inner vertical plate member; whereby, a substantially ninety-degree angle is formed between the horizontal plate member and the inner vertical plate member. A feature of the vertical plate member includes a relatively small horizontal portion integrally joined to a relatively rigid securing member fabricated from a relatively hard rubber having a right triangle configuration. An advantage of the securing member is that the triangular configuration and hard rubber fabrication material of the securing member promotes the insertion of the securing member inside a recess in the liner receiver, thereby removably attaching the securing member to the liner receiver and preventing the removal of the securing member from the liner receiver when the deformable material is disposed upon form members supported by the brackets. Another advantage of the securing member is that the fabrication material of the securing member enables the securing member to removably attached to the liner receiver irrespective of an end portion of a pool liner being disposed in the liner receiver. Yet another advantage of the securing member is that the securing member can be manually removed from the liner receiver after the deformable material has solidified, thereby enabling the bracket to be reused at another swimming pool location. 
     Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a bracket having a securing member that is disposed inside the recess; whereby, the securing member engages a portion of the liner receiver that locks the position of the securing member inside the recess. A feature of the horizontal portion of the vertical plate member and the securing member is cooperating dimensions that dispose a lower portion of the horizontal portion upon a top wall of a retaining jaw of the liner receiver, and simultaneously disposes a bottom wall of the securing member upon a bottom wall of the recess, resulting in the capture of the jaw member between a lower vertical wall of the securing member and the inner vertical plate member, and the congruent engage of the inner vertical plate member upon a vertical wall of the swimming pool. An advantage of the bracket is that the captured jaw member maintains the securing member inside the recess of the liner receiver and maintains the position of the reusable pool mold relative to the swimming pool wall when deformable material is disposed upon the reusable pool mold to form the coping or overhang over a selected peripheral portion of water in the swimming pool. 
     Another advantage of the bracket is that in the event an end portion of a pool liner is present in the liner receiver; whereby, a lower portion of the horizontal portion is not disposed upon a top wall of the jaw member, and/or the bottom wall of the securing member is not disposed upon the bottom wall of the recess, the relatively rigid but deformable securing member will remain removably attached to the liner receiver, the inner vertical plate member will congruently engage the vertical wall of the swimming pool, and the position of the bracket relative to the liner receiver and the vertical swimming pool wall will remain constant when deformable material is disposed form members supported by the brackets. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a form member detachably secured to the horizontal plate members of each bracket secured to liner receivers about the swimming pool. A feature of the form member is a horizontally positioned first form member that is fabricated from non-deformable material (wood, polymer or metal) capable of supporting a bottom portion of a deformable material (typically concrete). Another feature of the form member is a vertically positioned second form member fabricated from the same material as the first form member. Yet another feature of the form member is that it continually extends about a preselected peripheral portion of a swimming pool. An advantage of the horizontal first form member is that it engages the liner receiver whereby the deformable material is prevented from entering a securing member receiving recess in the liner receiver, thereby enabling the manual removal of the securing member from the recess. An advantage of the vertical second form member is that it may include a design in an inner wall that impresses a configuration in a corresponding outer vertical wall of deformable material that engages the design, thereby permanently including the design in the deformable material after solidifying. Yet another advantage of the form member is that it forms a continuously extending coping or overhang around a predetermined upper portion of a swimming pool. 
     Another principal object of the present invention is to provide a reusable mold for forming swimming pool overhangs; whereby, multiple separated reusable bracket members support reusable forms that are disposed proximate to and extend continuously about a top surface of a swimming pool wall. A feature of the reusable mold is multiple bracket members that are separated a distance between two and three feet about the perimeter of a swimming pool wall irrespective of the swimming pool having linear or arcuate pool walls forming the swimming pool. Another feature of the reusable mold is that the bracket members are configured to detachably secure to cooperating locking tab members, whereby, the bracket members and locking tab members are configured and dimensioned to correspond to the dimensions of an overhang, the weight of the deformable material disposed upon the forms supported by the bracket members and the distance between adjacent bracket members. An advantage of the reusable pool mold that includes multiple bracket members and cooperating locking tab members is that the bracket members are detachably secured to the locking members without the use of a deformable securing member. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The foregoing invention and its advantages may be readily appreciated from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which: 
         FIG.  1    is a left side elevation view of a reusable pool mold for forming a swimming pool overhang above a peripheral portion of pool water, the reusable pool mold is depicted adjacent to and separated from a pool liner receiver in accordance with the present invention. 
         FIG.  2    is an exploded view of the reusable pool mold depicted in  FIG.  1   . 
         FIG.  3    is a top view of  FIG.  1   . 
         FIG.  4    is the top view of  FIG.  3   , but with an individual bracket retainer in place of a continuous extending liner receiver in accordance with the present invention. 
         FIG.  5    is the left side elevation view of the reusable pool mold of  FIG.  1   , but with a securing member of the reusable pool mold detachable inserted into a recess in the pool liner receiver member and a deformable material disposed upon the liner receiver in accordance with the present invention. 
         FIG.  5 A  is a left side elevation view of the top view of  FIG.  4   . 
         FIG.  6    is a top view of a swimming pool with a continuous pool liner receiver member disposed about the periphery of the swimming pool, and with multiple bracket members and a form member disposed above a peripheral water portion in accordance with the present invention. 
         FIG.  6 A  is a sectional view taken along line  6 A in  FIG.  6   . 
         FIG.  7    is a top view of a swimming pool with multiple individual bracket retainers disposed in place of a continuous extending pool liner receiver member about the periphery of the swimming pool, and with multiple bracket members and a form member disposed above a peripheral water portion in accordance with the present invention. 
         FIG.  7 A  is a sectional view taken along line  7 A in  FIG.  7   . 
         FIG.  8    is a left side elevation view of a first modified reusable pool mold for forming a swimming pool overhang above a peripheral portion of pool water, the first modified reusable pool mold is depicted adjacent to a pool liner receiver member but without a form member in accordance with the present invention. 
         FIG.  9    is the left side elevation view of  FIG.  8   , but with a form member included in accordance with the present invention. 
         FIG.  10    is a front elevation view of  FIG.  9   . 
         FIG.  11    is a top view of  FIG.  9   . 
         FIG.  12    is the left side elevation view of the first modified reusable pool mold of  FIG.  8   , but with a securing member of the first modified reusable pool mold detachably inserted into a recess in the pool liner receiver in accordance with the present invention. 
         FIG.  13    is a left side elevation view of a second modified reusable pool mold for forming a swimming pool overhang above a peripheral portion of pool water, the second modified reusable pool mold is depicted adjacent to a pool liner receiver member in accordance with the present invention. 
         FIG.  14    is the left side elevation view of the second modified reusable pool mold of  FIG.  13   , but with a securing member of the second modified reusable pool mold detachably inserted into a recess in the pool liner receiver member in accordance with the present invention. 
         FIG.  15    is a left side elevation view of a third modified reusable pool mold for forming a swimming pool overhang above a peripheral portion of pool water, the third modified reusable pool mold is depicted with a securing member detachably inserted into a recess in a pool liner receiver member in accordance with the present invention. 
         FIG.  16    is a left side elevation view of a fourth modified reusable pool mold for forming a swimming pool overhang above a peripheral portion of pool water, the fourth modified reusable pool mold is depicted with a locking tab disposed above a bracket member, and a form member detachably secured to the bracket member in accordance with the present invention. 
         FIG.  17    is a top view of  FIG.  16   . 
         FIG.  18    is a left side elevation view of the fourth modified reusable pool mold disposed upon and secured to a concrete walking surface, whereby, multiple fourth modified reusable pool mold bracket members secured to cooperating locking tab members support form members above a peripheral portion of pool water in accordance with the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     Referring now to  FIGS.  1 - 7 A , a reusable pool mold for forming an overhang  44  or coping above a peripheral portion of pool water in accordance with the present invention is depicted and is denoted as numeral  10 . The reusable pool mold  10  is detachably secured to a preexisting liner receiver  12  (well known to those of ordinary skill in the art) or similarly configured device disposed upon a portion of concrete that forms a walking surface  8  contiguous with the periphery of a swimming pool  13 . The liner receiver  12  is depicted without a pool liner being secured to the liner receiver  12 ; however, the use and operation of the reusable pool mold  10  remains consistent with or without a pool liner being secured to the liner receiver  12 . 
     The liner receiver  12  is secured to a concrete walking surface  8  whereby the liner receiver  12  encompasses a swimming pool  13 . The liner receiver  12  is secured to the concrete walking surface  8  via means well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. The liner receiver  12  includes upper and lower front wall portions  7  and  9  vertically and continuously aligned with a vertical wall  14  of the swimming pool  13  ( FIGS.  5  and  6   ). The dimensions of the reusable pool mold  10  are determined via the dimension of the overhang  44  extending above a preselected portion of pool water; and via the weight of the overhang, which can be fabricated from concrete, polymers or grout. 
     The reusable pool mold  10  includes multiple bracket members  15  ( FIG.  2   ) detachably secured to the liner receiver  12  and disposed adjacent to the vertical wall  14  of the concrete swimming pool  13 . Each individual bracket member  15  may be inserted into a continuous extending liner receiver  12  or may be inserted into a discrete cooperating bracket retainer  12 A (see  FIG.  4   ) having the same side configuration as the liner receiver  12  depicted in  FIG.  1   , but with a top configuration as depicted in  FIG.  4   . Each bracket retainer  12 A is individually secured to the concrete walking surface  8  disposed about the swimming pool  13  via means known to those of ordinary skill in the art. The quantity of individually secured bracket retainers  12 A is determined by the predetermined quantity of bracket members  15  required to support the selected deformable material that ultimately forms a coping or overhang above a peripheral portion of water in the swimming pool  13 . Since the bracket retainers  12 A do not continuously extend about the periphery of the swimming pool  13  as does the liner receiver  12 , a relatively small portion of tape  6  ( FIG.  5 A ) or similar material is required for covering the recess  31  extending to side walls  5  of the bracket retainers  12 A. 
     The bracket members  15  are formed from an outer vertical plate member  18  having a lower portion  16  rotationally secured to an outer portion  20  of a horizontal plate member  22 . The lower portion  16  can be rotationally secured to the outer portion  20  via a hinge member  23 . The hinge member  23  would be added to a corner  25  of the mold  10  to pivot the outer vertical plate member  18  about one hundred and eighty degrees to a substantially vertically downward position  27  ( FIG.  1   ). The horizontal plate member  22  includes an inner portion  24  integrally joined to an upper portion  26  of an inner vertical plate member  28 . The vertical plate member  28  includes a relatively small horizontal portion  29  integrally joined to a relatively rigid securing member  30  fabricated from a relatively hard rubber. The plate members  18 ,  22  and  28  can be fabricated from a myriad of materials resistant to oxidation, including but not limited to stainless steel, polymers and wood. 
     The reusable pool mold  10  further includes securing members  30  for maintaining the position of a predetermined quantity of bracket members  15  upon a portion of the swimming pool wall  14 . The securing member  30  ultimately inserts in a recess  31  in the liner receiver  12 . The recess  31  is continuous in a peripheral portion of the liner receiver  12  adjacent to the pool wall  14 . The recess  31  includes a configuration defined by the front wall  9  of the liner receiver  12 , a jaw member and a bottom wall  43  ultimately engaged by a bottom wall  45  of the securing member  30 . 
     The securing member  30  includes a substantially right-triangle configuration (when taking a side elevation view of the reusable pool mold  10 ,  FIGS.  1  and  5   ) fabricated from a relatively hard rubber material for detachably securing the inner vertical plate member  28  to the liner receiver  12  via the recess  31  in the liner receiver  12 . The triangular configuration and hard rubber fabrication material of the securing member  30  promotes the insertion of the securing members  30  inside the recess  31  in the liner receiver  12 , and prevents the removal of the securing members  30  from the liner receiver  12  when the deformable material  42  is disposed upon the brackets  15 . Although a triangular configuration is preferred, a myriad of configurations can be used, including but not limited to square and rectangular. 
     The securing member  30  is forcibly urged into the recess  31  and ultimately positioned; whereby, a lower vertical side wall portion  33  of the securing member  30  engages an inner wall portion  35  of a liner retaining jaw  37  of the liner receiver  12 , and a lower portion  39  of the horizontal portion  29  of the vertical plate member  28  congruently engages a top wall  41  of the retaining jaw  37 , thereby maintaining the position of the securing member  30  inside the recess  31  and maintaining engagement of the vertical plate member  28  against the vertical wall  14  of the swimming pool  13  and against the liner retaining jaw  37 , irrespective of deformable material being disposed upon the reusable pool mold  10 . 
     The pool mold  10  further includes a form member  32  detachably secured to the vertical and horizontal plate members  18  and  22 . The form member  32  includes a first form member  40  that is generally a horizontal 2×4 wood (or similar sized, non-deformable material) form that supports a bottom portion of a deformable material (concrete)  42  overhang  44 . The horizontal wood form  40  engages the liner receiver  12  whereby the deformable material  42  is prevented from entering the recess  31 , thereby enabling the manual removal of the securing member  30  from the recess  31 . 
     The form member  32  further includes a second form member  46  that is generally a 2×4 wood form  46  vertically disposed upon and cooperating with the horizontal form  40  to continuously extend above a peripheral water portion of the pool  13 . The horizontal wood form  40  is detachably secured to the horizontal plate member  22  via wood screws or similar fasteners  48 , and the vertical wood form  46  is secured to the outer vertical plate member  18  via fasteners  50 . The form member  32  receives a deformable material  42  that ultimately solidifies; whereby, the form member  32  configures a continuously extending overhang  44  above the peripheral portion of water surface inside the pool  13 . 
     Although the form members  40  and  46  are described as wood 2×4&#39;s, the form members  40  and  46  can be dimensioned however the user may require to achieve a predetermined coping or overhang configuration; and fabricated from a myriad of materials, including but not limited to polymers, aluminum, stainless steel, galvanized steel and powder coat steel. Further, the brackets  15  may be fabricated from the materials as the form members  40  and  46 , and can be dimensioned to support the form members  40  and  46  combined with the predetermined quantity and type of deformable material used to form the coping or overhang. 
     The first form member  40  includes a protrusion portion  52  formed via a removed inner lower section of the first form member  40 , resulting in first and second vertical inner side walls  53  and  54 , and a horizontal bottom wall  56  perpendicularly engaging both first and second inner side wall  53  and  54 . The first vertical inner side wall  53  is dimensioned to congruently engage the upper front wall portion  9  of the liner receiver. The first vertical inner side wall  53  is also dimensioned to perpendicularly engage a top wall of the horizontal portion  29  of the vertical plate member  28 , whereby deformable material  42  is prevented from “leaking” into the recess  31 . The second vertical inner side wall  54  is dimensioned to engage a top vertical wall of the upper portion  26  of the inner vertical plate member  28 , whereby, the horizontal bottom wall  56  of the protrusion portion  52  engages an outer portion of the top wall  58  of the horizontal portion  29  of the vertical plate member  28 . 
     The first and second vertical inner side walls  53  and  54 , and the horizontal bottom wall  56  cooperate to dispose the form member  40 , whereby, the form member  40  engages the upper front wall portion  9  of the liner receiver  12  and inner vertical plate member  28 ; when the securing member  30  is inserted into the liner receiver recess  31  and the securing member  30  is lowered inside the recess  31  until the lower portion  39  of the of the horizontal portion  29  of the vertical plate member  28  engages a top wall  41  of the jaw member  37 , and the bottom wall  45  of the securing member  30  engages a bottom wall  43  of the recess  31 , resulting in the capture of the jaw member  37  between a lower vertical wall  33  of the securing member  30  and the vertical plate member  28 . The captured jaw member  37  maintains the securing member  30  inside the recess  31 , and secures the position of the first form member  40  relative to the liner receiver  12  and the inner vertical plate member  28 , and maintains the position of the bracket member  15  relative to the swimming pool wall  14  when deformable material  42  is disposed upon the mold  10  to form the overhang  44  over the selected peripheral portion of water in the pool  13 ; whereby, a bottom wall  55  of the overhang  44  is lineally aligned with a top wall  57  of the liner receiver  12 . 
     In the event that the bottom wall  55  of the overhang  44  is to be disposed below the top wall  57  of the liner receiver  12 , the horizontal plate member  22  can be integrally joined to the inner vertical plate member  28 ; whereby, the top wall of the first horizontal form  40  is below the top wall  57  of the liner receiver  12  (but not so far below the top  57  of the liner receiver  12 , whereby the securing member  30  is not extractable from the recess  31  after the deformable material  42  solidifies), resulting in the bottom wall  55  of the overhang  44  being lowered a predetermined distance. In the event that lowered top wall of the first horizontal form  40  exposes the recess  31  to deformable material  42 , tape, polystyrene or similar flexible material (not depicted) is required to “plug” the recess  31  until the deformable material solidifies and the securing member  30  forcibly removed from the recess  31 . 
     In the event an end portion of a pool liner (not depicted) is present in the liner receiver  12 ; whereby, a lower portion  39  of the horizontal portion  29  is not disposed upon a top wall  41  of the jaw member  37 , and/or the bottom wall  45  of the securing member  30  is not disposed upon the bottom wall  43  of the recess  31 , the relatively rigid but deformable securing member  30  will remain removably attached to the liner receiver  12 ; the inner vertical plate member  28  will congruently engage the vertical wall  14  of the swimming pool  13 , and the position of the bracket  15  relative to the liner receiver  12  and the vertical swimming pool wall  14  will remain constant when deformable material  42  is disposed upon first and second form members  40  and  46  supported by the brackets  15 . 
     The pool mold  10  is ultimately removed from the solidified deformable material  42  and liner retainer  12  by first removing the fasteners  48  and  50  from the horizontal and vertical wood forms  40  and  46 . The outer vertical plate member  18  is then rotated substantially one hundred and eighty degrees, whereby, the vertical wood form  46  can be separated from the solidified deformable material  42  and the horizontal form  40 , followed by the horizontal form  40  being slidable removed from between the solidified deformable material  42  and the horizontal plate member  22 . The securing member  30  can then be elevated inside the liner receiver recess  31  until the securing member  30  can be horizontally removed from the recess  31 , resulting in the entire reusable pool mold  10  being separated from the deformable material  42  and the liner receiver  12 , then reused at another swimming pool. 
     In operation, a predetermined quantity of reusable molds  10  are dimensioned to secure first and second substantially horizontal and vertical form members  40  and  46  above a peripheral portion of water in a swimming pool  13 . The quantity and dimensions of the reusable brackets  15  are determined by the peripheral dimensions of the swimming pool  13 , the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the overhang  44  above pool water, and the weight of the material ultimately disposed upon the form member  32 . The preferred distance separating adjacent reusable brackets  15  is about three feet for a linear portion of a swimming pool wall  14 , and about two feet for a curved or arcuate portion of a swimming pool wall  14 . The dimensions of the reusable form member  32  are determined by the peripheral dimensions of the swimming pool  13 , the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the coping or overhang  44  above pool water, and the weight of the material ultimately disposed upon the form member  32 . As the dimensions of the overhang  44  increase and/or the weight of the overhang material increase, the quantity and dimensions of the brackets  15  increase; and the dimensions of the form member  32  increase. The quantity and dimensions of the brackets  15 , and the dimensions of form member  32  required for a selected swimming pool  13  overhang  44  are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. 
     Referring now to  FIGS.  8 - 12   , a first modification to the reusable pool mold  10  in accordance with the present invention for forming swimming pool overhangs  44  is depicted and is denoted as numeral  134 . The first modified reusable pool mold  134  is detachably secured to a liner receiver  12  disposed upon a top surface  8  of a swimming pool  13  (see  FIG.  6   ). The modified mold  134  includes a base member  138  detachably secured to a handle member  140 . The base member  138  includes a horizontal member  142  having an outer end  144  integrally joined to a mid-portion of an outer vertical member  146 . The horizontal member  142  has an inner end  148  integrally joined to a top end  150  of an inner vertical member  152 . The outer vertical member  146  includes a non-threaded aperture  135  axially aligned with a threaded orifice  137  in the inner vertical member  152 . The handle member  140  includes a hand grip  156  integrally joined to a cylindrical bolt member  154  having a threaded end portion  155 . 
     The horizontal member  142  of the base member  138  includes first and second horizontal member extensions  142 A and  142 B for supporting horizontal first form member  40  sections; whereby, a top wall  165  of the horizontal member  142  is co-planar with top walls  166  and  167  of respective horizontal first member  40  sections. A bottom wall  168  of a vertical second form member  46  continuously extends upon a coplanar surface formed from the top walls  165 ,  166  and  167 . 
     The vertical second form member  46  continuously extends about and above a peripheral portion of a swimming pool  13 ; whereby, the vertical second form member  46  is constantly engaged with the base member  138  or horizontal first form member to ultimately form a predetermined coping or overhang above a predetermined portion of water in a swimming pool  13 . 
     The non-threaded aperture in the outer vertical member  146  is dimensioned to slidably receive the threaded end portion  155  and cylindrical portion  153  of the bolt member  154 . The threaded orifice  137  in the inner vertical member  152  is dimensioned to rotationally receive the threaded inner end portion  155  and slidably receive the cylindrical portion  153  of the bolt member  154  after the threaded inner end portion  155  has been rotated through the threaded orifice; whereupon, a retaining washer  160  is slid over the threaded inner end portion  155  followed by a locking member  157  (fabricated from a relatively rigid hard rubber material) and a nut  162  that is rotationally secured to the threaded inner end portion  155  of the bolt member  154 , thereby slidably maintaining the washer  160  and locking member  157  between an inner wall  164  of the inner vertical member  152  and the nut  162 . The configuration of the locking member  157  cooperates with the configuration of the recess  31 , whereby, the locking member  157  is snugly seated in the recess  31  during operation of the modified reusable pool liner mold to stabilize the mold  134  and prevent movement of the mold  134  when a deformable material  42  ( FIGS.  3  and  4   ) is disposed upon the mold  134 . 
     In operation, multiple first modified reusable pool molds  134  are disposed proximate to cooperating recesses  31  in corresponding pool liner receivers  12 , whereby, for each mold  134 , the nut  162 , locking member  157  and retaining washer  160  are sequentially inserted into the recess  31  when the inner wall  164  of the inner vertical member  152  engages the pool wall  103 . To secure the position of the first modified mold  134  upon the pool wall  14  when forming a swimming pool surface  44  ( FIG.  6   ) that overhangs the water in the pool  13 , the user engages the inner wall  164  of the inner vertical member  152  with the pool wall  14 , then rotates the hand grip  156  to horizontally move the locking member  157  in an extraction direction from the recess  31  by rotationally engaging a threaded inner portion  132  of the bolt member  154  with the threads of the orifice  137  in the inner vertical member  152 . The locking member  157  moves horizontally in the recess  31  until the retaining washer  160  engages an inner wall  35  of the liner securing jaw  37 ; whereupon, the continued rotation of the hand grip  156  “squeezes” or compresses the locking member  157  horizontally between the retaining washer  160  and nut  162 , resulting in the locking member  157  expanding radially until “plugging” the recess  31  and stabilizing the position of the first modified mold  134  inside the liner receiver  12  and upon pool wall  14 . The first modified pool mold  134  is dimensioned to cooperate with multiple molds  134  supporting wooden rail members  40  and  46  to peripherally extend a completed form about a pool wall  13  to receive a deformable material  42  that ultimately solidifies to form a pool overhang  44  above the water in the pool  13 . 
     Referring now to  FIGS.  13  and  14   , a second modification to the reusable pool mold  10  in accordance with the present invention for forming swimming pool overhangs  44  is depicted and is denoted as numeral  170 . The second modification  170  includes a horizontal member  172  integrally joined to a vertical member  174  whereby a modified “T” configuration is formed with an inner end portion  176  of the horizontal member  172  extending a sufficient distance to forcibly and permanently receive a locking member  178  having a coating material (well known to those of ordinary skill in the art) disposed upon an outer surface of the locking member  178  to promote insertion of the locking member  178  into a recess  31  of a swimming pool liner retainer  12 . The inner end portion  176  is relatively longer than the axial length of the locking member  178 , thereby exposing a relatively small portion  180  of the horizontal member  172  that ultimately engages a top wall  41  of a liner retainer jaw  37 . 
     An outer wall  184  of the locking member  178  ultimately engages an inner wall  35  of the retainer jaw  37  after the exposed portion  180  of the horizontal member  172  is forcibly disposed upon the top wall  41  of the retainer jaw  37 , resulting in the locking member  178  being slightly compressed, thereby locking the position of the third modified mold  170  in the recess  31  and disposing an inner wall  186  of the vertical member  174  upon a swimming pool wall  14 . The mold  170  further includes a horizontal wood 2×4 form  187  secured to the horizontal member  172  via securing screw  188 , and a vertical wood 2×4 form  189  secured to the horizontal wood form  187  via securing screw  190 . The horizontal and vertical forms  187  and  189  can be fabricated from wood, polymers and lightweight metals such as aluminum. 
     In operation, multiple second modified molds  170  are manually inserted into respective recesses  31  of liner retainers  12 , whereby, for each mold  170 , the locking member  178  is axially compressed a distance that enables the exposed portion  180  of the horizontal member  172  to engage the top wall  41  of the retainer jaw  37 , thereby securing the position of the locking member  178  inside the recess  31  and disposing the inner wall  186  of the vertical member  174  upon the pool wall  14 . To prevent deformable material from entering the recess  31 , duct tape  129  is used to seal the recess  31  after the locking member  178  is disposed and secured inside the recess  31 . The mold  170  is stabilized upon the pool wall  14  by the slightly deformable locking member  178  being compressed inside the recess  31 ; the exposed portion  180  of the horizontal member  172  engaging the top wall  41  of the retainer jaw  37 ; and the vertical member  174  engaging the pool wall  14 , thereby allowing a deformable material  42  to be disposed upon the mold  170 . After the deformable material  42  solidifies to form an overhang  44  above a peripheral portion of water in the pool  13 , the securing screws  188  and  190  are removed from the wood forms  187  and  189  disposed about the periphery of the pool  13 ; the wood forms  187  and  189  are separated from the solidified deformable material  42 ; and the locking members  178  removed from the recesses  31  in the liner retainers  12 . 
     Referring now to  FIG.  15   , a third modification to the reusable pool mold  10  is depicted for forming swimming pool overhangs in accordance with the present invention and is denoted as numeral  200 . The third modified mold  200  includes the locking member  178  and exposed horizontal portion  180  depicted in  FIGS.  7  and  8    and specified above, but with the exposed portion  180  integrally joined to a vertical sheet or plate member  202 . The third modified mold  200  further includes an inner vertical form  204  (fabricated from wood, polymer or steel) secured to the vertical member  202  via a threaded bolt  206  rotationally inserted into a threaded orifice  208  in the vertical plate member  202 . An outer vertical form  210  fabricated from the same material as the inner form  204  is secured to the inner form  204  via a securing screw  212  that penetrates the outer form  210  and the inner form  204  a distance that provides stability to the outer form  210  relative to the vertical member  202 . The outer form  210  has a longitudinal dimension relatively longer than the inner form  204 , and a lateral dimension relatively shorter than the inner form  204 . A liner  214  is secured to an inner wall  216  of the outer form  210 . The liner  214  impresses a predetermined design into a vertical edge portion of deformable material (not depicted) that engages the liner  214 , and after the deformable material solidifies and the molds  200  are removed, a pool overhand  44  ( FIG.  4   ) is revealed having a design viewable by persons inside and around the pool. 
     The operation of the third modified bracket  200  is similar to the operation of the second modified bracket  170  as to the forcible compression of the locking member  178  and the engagement of the exposed portion  180  upon the retainer jaw  37 . The functional difference between the modified brackets  170  and  200  is that a plurality of second modified brackets  170  form a pool overhang that extends over water a greater distance perpendicular to the pool wall  14  than a perpendicular distance corresponding to a pool overhang formed from a plurality of third modified brackets  200 . The liner  214  for the third modified bracket  200  can be included with the second modified bracket  170  by securing the liner  214  to an inner wall  192  (see  FIGS.  7  and  8   ) of the outer vertical form  189 . 
     Referring now to  FIGS.  16 - 18   , a fourth modification to the reusable pool mold  10  is depicted for forming swimming pool overhangs  44  in accordance with the present invention and is denoted as numeral  300 . The fourth modified mold  300  includes a locking tab member  302  detachably secured to and disposed above an inner horizontal plate member  306  of a bracket member  304 . The locking tab member  302  and the bracket member  304  are fabricated preferably from relatively thin, substantially rectangular portions of bendable steel. Alternatively, the members  302  and  304  can be fabricated from, but not limited to, polyurethane, stainless steel, wood and similarly relatively rigid but bendable materials. The configuration and dimensions of the locking tab and bracket members  302  and  304  depend upon the dimensions of the overhang  44 , the weight of the deformable material  42  and the distance separating adjacent molds  300 . The methods for configuring and dimensioning the locking tab and bracket members  302  and  304  are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. 
     The mold  300  further includes a form member  32  detachably secured to an outer vertical plate member  308  and an outer horizontal plate member  310  of the bracket member  304 . The form member  32  includes a first form member  40  that is generally a horizontal 2×4 wood (or similar sized, non-deformable material) form that supports a bottom portion of a deformable material (concrete)  42  overhang  44 . 
     The form member  32  further includes a second form member  46  that is generally a vertical 2×4 wood form  46  disposed upon and cooperating with the horizontal form  40  to continuously extend above a peripheral water portion of the pool  13 . The horizontal wood form  40  is detachably secured to the outer horizontal plate member  310  via wood screws or similar fasteners  48 , and the vertical wood form  46  is detachably secured to the outer vertical plate member  308  via fasteners  50 . The form member  32  receives a deformable material  42  that ultimately solidifies; whereby, the form member  32  configures a continuously extending overhang  44  above a peripheral portion of water surface inside the pool  13 . 
     Although the first and second form members  40  and  46  are described as wood 2×4&#39;s, the form members  40  and  46  can be dimensioned to measurements less than an inch or greater than four inches depending upon the user&#39;s requirements to achieve a predetermined coping or overhang  44  configuration. The form members  40  and  46  can be fabricated from a myriad of materials, including but not limited to polymers, aluminum, stainless steel, galvanized steel and powder coat steel. Further, the locking tab and bracket members  302  and  304  may be fabricated from the materials as the form members  40  and  46 , and can be dimensioned to support the dimensions and weight of the form members  40  and  46  plus the weight of a predetermined quantity and type of deformable material used to form the coping or overhang  44 . 
     The bracket members  304  further include an inner vertical plate member  312  integrally joined to the inner horizontal and outer horizontal plate members  306  and  310 , whereby, a top horizontal wall  314  of the inner horizontal plate member  306  is vertically below the top wall  316  elevation of the horizontal form  40  after the form  40  is detachably secured to the top wall  318  of the outer horizontal plate member  310 . The outer vertical plate member  308  includes a lower portion rotationally secured to an outer portion of the outer horizontal plate member  310  via a hinge member  320 . The hinge member  320  allows the outer vertical plate member  308  to pivot one hundred and eighty degrees to a vertically downward position  322  after deformable material  42  has solidified and after the securing screw  50  is removed from the vertical form member  46 . 
     The inner horizontal portion  306  of the bracket member  304  includes at least one and preferably two apertures  324  dimensioned to receive cooperating “dimples” or “hemisphere” configured protrusions  326  extending from a bottom wall  328  of the locking tab member  302 . The locking tab member  302  includes at least one and preferably two securing apertures  330  for receiving securing screws  332  that ultimately penetrates the surface  8  of the concrete walking area disposed about the swimming pool  13 . The securing screws  332  maintain the position of a portion of the bottom wall  328  of the locking tab member  302  upon a cooperating portion of a top wall  334  of the inner horizontal member  306  of the bracket member  304 , whereby, the protrusions  326  are snugly inserted into the apertures  324 , thereby cooperating with the securing screws  332  to maintain the position of the locking tab member  302  upon the surface  8  of the concrete walking area and upon an inner portion  336  of the inner horizontal portion  306  when deformable material  42  is disposed upon the form member  32 . 
     The fourth modification mold  300  further includes a relatively thin layer of Styrofoam or similar deformable material that forms a compression layer  338  disposed upon and secured to a top wall  340  of the locking tab member  302 . The compression layer  338  promotes separation between the deformable material  42  disposed upon the mold  300  and the top wall  340  of the locking tab member  302 ; whereby, after the deformable material  42  solidifies and the form member  32  removed from the overhang  44  by pivoting the outer vertical plate member  308  to a downward position  332 , the inner horizontal plate member  306  is forcibly and horizontally slid from between the solidified material  42  and the top wall  8  of the concrete, resulting in the bracket member  304  being reused for another pool project and the encasement of the locking tab member  302  in the deformable material  42 . 
     The removal of the bracket member  304  is achieved via the horizontal motion of the inner horizontal plate member  306  urging the relatively round dimple  326  of the locking tab member  302  vertically upward, resulting in the “squeezing” of the compression layer  338  between the solidified material  42  and the top wall  340  of the locking tab member  302 , thereby enabling the horizontal sliding and forcible removal of the inner horizontal plate member  306  from between the deformable material  42  and the top surface  8  of the concrete walking area disposed about the swimming pool  13 . The required lineal horizontal sliding distance of the inner horizontal plate member  306 ; whereby, the horizontal plate member  306  frictionally engages the deformable material  42  and the top surface  8  of the concrete walking area is between two and three inches when using 2×4s for the form member  32 , resulting in a relatively easy extraction of the inner horizontal plate member  306  and the bracket member  304 . The locking tab member  302  remains encased in the solidified deformable material  42  after the bracket member  304  is removed. 
     Referring to  FIG.  18   , a second hinge  321  is included with a locking feature to maintain the position of the outer horizontal plate member  310  when the first form member  40  is attached to the plate member  310  and deformable material  42  disposed upon the first form member  40 . The second hinge  321  pivots the outer horizontal plate member  310  to a substantially vertically downward position, thereby enabling the first form member  40  to be lowered from solidified deformable material  42  instead of horizontally slid from between the solidified material  42  and the plate member  310 . The second hinge  321  is well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. 
       FIG.  18    further includes a locking tab member  302  having an angled inner end  303  for enabling the compression layer  338  to be extended, whereby, the layer  338  is disposed under the inner end  303  for promoting the upward motion of the dimple  326  of the locking tab member  302  and a relatively slight downward motion of the angled inner end  303  of the locking tab member  302 , thereby reducing the required force to elevate the dimple  326  and locking tab member  302 , resulting in a reduction of the manual force required to horizontally slide the inner horizontal plate member  306  from between the solidified deformable material  42  and the top surface  8  of the concrete walking area disposed about the swimming pool  13 . An alternative to the angled inner end  303 , is a trapezoidal configured end adjacent to securing aperture  330  as depicted in  FIG.  16   . 
     The foregoing description is for purpose of illustration only and is not intended to limit the scope of protection accorded this invention. The scope of protection is to be measured by the following claims, which should be interpreted as broadly as the inventive contribution permits.