US 12,281,489 B2
Swimming pool with composite wall
Steven Cohen, Locust Valley, NY (US); Jonathan Spiegel, Avon Lake, OH (US); David Vallee, Avon Lake, OH (US); Benjamin Pilpel, Avon Lake, OH (US); Patrick Masterson Inman, Kings Park, NY (US); and John H. Hornickel, Avon Lake, OH (US)
Assigned to Wilbar International, Inc., Hauppauge, NY (US); and Avient Corporation, Avon Lake, OH (US)
Filed by WILBAR INTERNATIONAL, INC., Hauppauge, NY (US); and AVIENT CORPORATION, Avon Lake, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,800.
Application 18/123,800 is a continuation of application No. 16/645,264, granted, now 11,608,651, previously published as PCT/US2018/049697, filed on Sep. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/666,457, filed on May 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/556,055, filed on Sep. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0228113 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04H 4/00 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 4/0043 (2013.01) [E04H 2004/0068 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A swimming pool wall comprising:
a plurality of layers of reinforced composite material, each layer including thermoplastic resin and a plurality of elongate glass strands of reinforcing material, a first set of the plurality of layers having the strands therein unidirectionally oriented and running in a first direction, and a second set of the plurality of layers having strands therein unidirectionally oriented and running in a second direction, wherein the first direction is offset from the second direction, and the first and second set of layers are separately formed and fused together to form a unitary composite wall.