Patent ID: 7389573

Claim:
A method of retrofitting a swimming pool with a barrier fence comprising the steps of: removing a swimming pool cover from said swimming pool, said pool cover being secured in place by a plurality of spaced anchors on a pool deck surrounding said pool, each anchor comprising a solid cylinder fully embedded in said deck, a screw threaded into said anchor, and a washer on said screw flush with a top surface of said anchor and deck, each anchor securing a portion of said swimming pool cover; removing screws from a number of said anchors; placing upright on said deck a fence unit of a collection of fence sections of said barrier fence, each respective fence section comprising a rectangular frame with bottom, top and side frame members, said frame members enclosing fencing material; whereby four (4) fence sections are joined to form one fence unit in them: arranging a respective fence unit so that said each respective bottom frame member of a collection of bottom frame members spans at least two of said anchors; aligning said bottom frame members of said respective fence unit with said anchors; attaching said respective bottom frame members to said anchors with respective screws; reinserting said screws and washers into said anchors, to secure said fence unit in place on said deck; attaching additional fence units to the side frame members and securing the additional fence units by attaching said additional bottom frame members of said additional fence units to further anchors with further respective screws, reinserting said screws into the aligned anchors; and, adding additional fence units of said fence to fence units already mounted on said deck, until the swimming pool is fully enclosed.