Patent ID: 8584271

Claim:
A corner assembly for forming a corner of a pool, said corner assembly comprising: a first length of coping and a second length of coping, the first and second lengths of coping meeting to form a pool corner; and a corner piece disposed in said pool corner, said corner piece comprising: a first portion abutting against said first length of coping, a second portion abutting against said second length of coping, wherein a projected tangent line of said first portion intersects with a projected tangent line of said second portion at an angle, a liner receptor slot for receiving a pool liner wherein said liner receptor slot comprises a non-curved portion, wherein said non-curved portion of the liner receptor slot forms a side of a straight-sided triangle formed by the first portion, the second portion, and the non-curved portion of the liner receptor slot, wherein a projected tangent line off of a first end of said non-curved portion of the liner receptor slot intersects said projected tangent line of said first portion at a first acute angle, and wherein a projected tangent line off of a second end of said non-curved portion of the liner receptor slot intersects said projected tangent line of said second portion at a second acute angle.