Patent ID: 7546713

Claim:
A pool wall panel fabricated from galvanized steel sheet in which the wall panel has a top flange extending horizontally outward from the pool cavity, wherein the top flange is formed by punching out notches in a notched area of the sheet and bending the notched area outward at a bottom point of the notches to form a relatively flat surface composed of adjacent tabs, further comprising: (a) an extender strip attached to an outward portion of the tabs to increase the effective width of support for a coping layer; (b) a plurality of horizontal support brackets adapted to underlay and support the extender strip, the brackets being attachable at one end to the wall panel and at the other end to a support brace; and (c) a plurality of support braces having one end adapted for attachment to a horizontal support bracket and another end adapted for attachment to a support structure for the wall panel.