Patent ID: 7784227

Claim:
A modular pool comprising substantially vertical side walls comprising modular metallic panels and a floor comprising metallic tiles, said side walls and said floor resting upon a base structure formed from a lattice comprising metallic U-shaped beams with metallic U-shaped sleepers placed crosswise between said beams, each one of said modular metallic panels comprising a central vertical rectangular portion with flanges along its horizontal and vertical edges, the horizontal flanges along the horizontal edges being at right angles to said central portion, and the vertical flanges along at least one of the vertical edges being at right angles to said central portion, said central vertical rectangular portion being flat, each wall comprising one or more assemblies formed by the superposition of two or more said modular metallic panels assembled in a vertically coincident relationship with their vertical sides rectilinearly aligned, the juxtaposed horizontal flanges of said superposed modular metallic panels being joined by semi-permanent attaching means and the vertical flanges of each assembly being vertically aligned in a rectilinear relation, and a vertical reinforcing member which has its length substantially equal to the height of said assemblies being interposed between the vertical flanges of adjacent assemblies and attached thereto by semi-permanent attaching means, in which the floor of said pool comprises a plurality of metallic modular tiles forming a substantially planar surface which supports the vertical pressure due to the water inside the pool, wherein each said modular tile comprises: a rectangular flat plate having: longer sides and shorter sides: ends that rest upon the sleepers of said base structure: and marginal portions between said sleepers, said marginal portions being bent downward forming flanges along the longer sides of said flat plate, said tiles being placed with said flanges in a mutually adjoining relation.