Patent ID: 7037220

Claim:
A sports play pool, comprising: pool means holding water to create a water pool wherein the pool means is an above ground swimming pool with inflatable sides; frame means extending upwardly from the pool means to provide a supporting structure above the pool means wherein the frame means includes inflatable tubular support members secured to and extending upwardly from the top of the inflatable sides of the pool, said support members curving as they extend upwardly from the inflatable sides of the pool to which they are secured and coming together over the pool; sport apparatus means secured to the frame means whereby the sport apparatus is attached to and supported above the pool means by the frame means wherein the sport apparatus means includes attachment devices secured to the support members for attachment of the sport apparatus to the support members to be supported in a play position above the pool; netting means supported by the frame means around at least a portion of the periphery of the pool to form backstops to prevent loose sport apparatus used in conjunction with the supported sport apparatus in play of the sport involved from leaving the pool wherein the netting means is netting material supported by the support members around at least a portion of the periphery of the pool; and a cover secured over the water in the pool means and resting on the water to create a sports play surface on the cover.