Patent ID: 6904724

Claim:
A pool system for installation above the ground, the pool system comprising: a plurality of first pilings, each having a first end that is drilled or driven into the ground such that a portion of each of the first pilings is located underground, each of the first pilings having a second end and a medial portion therebetween; a plurality of first beams, connected to at least a respective two of the plurality of the first pilings at the medial portion of each of the first pilings; a swimming pool shell, having side walls and a base, secured to the plurality of the first beams and the plurality of the first pilings, wherein the swimming pool shell comprises a plurality of hollow core concrete panels such that some of the hollow core concrete panels are attached to a pair of adjacent the first pilings and the respective first beam that connects the pair of adjacent first pilings so as to be disposed generally parallel with respect to the pair of adjacent first pilings to which the respective hollow core concrete panel is secured in order to form the side walls of the swimming pool shell and at least one of the hollow core concrete panels is disposed generally perpendicular with respect to the respective first piling to which the at least one hollow core concrete panel is attached in order to form the base of the swimming pool shell; and a swimming pool liner secured within the swimming pool shell.