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Swimming pool cover support, covered swimming pool and method of covering a swimming pool

Details

Inventors: Terreri, Claude J.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Ridgill, Jr.; James L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Craig; Richard A.

A pool cover support comprises a balloon for placement in its uninflated condition on the surface of the water in a swimming pool, an air hose having one end attached to the balloon and provided at its other end with a valve. The hose is of sufficient length that when the balloon is secured in a predetermined position, the valve can be located outside the pool, whereby the balloon can be inflated or later deflated. A covered pool has an edge and is filled with water. A pool cover covers the pool and overlaps the pool's edge, and a pool cover support comprises a balloon which is in a predetermined position on the water and underneath the cover, an air hose having one end attached to the balloon and a valve at its other end. The hose is sufficiently long that the valve is outside the pool, whereby the balloon can be inflated or later deflated with the cover in place. A method of covering a pool utilizes a cover support including a balloon and comprises the steps of placing a cover over the pool and the balloon and thereafter pumping air into the balloon to change same to its inflated condition.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A support for a pool cover placed over the support, said support being separate from the cover and comprising an inflatable balloon for placement in its uninflated condition on the surface of the water in a pool, an air hose having one end attached directly to the balloon and a valve at its other end, the balloon having securing means permitting the balloon to be secured in a predetermined position on the water surface and the hose being of sufficient length that when the balloon is so secured, the other end of the hose and the valve can be located outside the pool, whereby the balloon can be inflated to raise the cover by forcing air into the hose and the balloon through the valve and later deflated to lower the cover by allowing air to escape from the balloon through the hose and the valve.
2.
A pool cover support according to claim 1 wherein the securing means is provided by grommets.
3.
A pool cover support according to claim 1 wherein the balloon is of rubber.
4.
A covered pool having an edge and filled with water to a predetermined level, a pool cover covering the pool and overlapping the pool edge, and a pool cover support separate from said cover and comprising a balloon in a predetermined position on the surface of the water and underneath the pool cover, an air hose having one end attached directly to the balloon and a valve at its other end, the hose extending underneath the cover from the balloon to the valve which is located outside the pool, whereby the balloon can be inflated to raise the cover by forcing air into the hose through the valve and later deflated by allowing air to escape from the balloon through the valve.
5.
The combination according to claim 4 wherein the balloon is in its uninflated condition.
6.
The combination according to claim 4 wherein the balloon is in its inflated condition.
7.
The combination according to claim 4 wherein the balloon is in a condition between its uninflated condition and its inflated condition

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