| CPC E04H 4/10 (2013.01) | 10 Claims |
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1. In combination, a swimming pool cover and clips for securing a flexible protective substrate layer to said swimming pool cover, comprising:
said swimming pool cover connected to a pool using spaced straps along a perimeter of said swimming pool cover having distal ends of said straps attached to a deck of said pool for covering said pool during periods of disuse including winter;
said flexible protective substrate layer under areas of said swimming pool cover covering a complete perimeter of said pool including a pool edge coping thereof;
means for removably securing said substrate layer in place comprising a plurality of said clips connected to respective edge areas of said substrate layer and clipped to further respective edge areas of said swimming pool cover; and
whereby said flexible protective substrate layer prevents abrasions and tearing of said swimming pool cover adjacent said pool edge coping;
wherein said clips are J-shaped and each has a flat surface with adhesive thereon for releasable attachment to said flexible protective substrate layer;
in which each of said J-shaped clips is flexibly spring loaded and has a folded over curved return portion, adjacent to the flat surface with adhesive and spaced from said adhesive, wherein interior, facing surfaces of said folded over curved return portion have pressure point ribs for engaging an edge area of said swimming pool cover forming a friction fit force for removably securing said J-shaped clip to said cover; and said swimming pool cover is engageable within said J-shaped clips when placed over said swimming pool in seasonal winter weather use and removable from said J-shaped clips for separate storage of said swimming pool cover during periods of non-use and storage in seasonal summer swimming weather.
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