US 12,134,912 B2
Frame pool
Feng Liu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/239,207.
Application 18/239,207 is a continuation of application No. 17/321,260, filed on May 14, 2021, granted, now 11,788,311.
Application 17/321,260 is a continuation of application No. 16/206,232, filed on Nov. 30, 2018, granted, now 11,015,358, issued on May 25, 2021.
Application 16/206,232 is a continuation of application No. 14/793,667, filed on Jul. 7, 2015, granted, now 10,161,149, issued on Dec. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 201520017165.X (CN), filed on Jan. 12, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399864 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04H 4/00 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 4/0056 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pool comprising:
a pool body comprising a pool bottom and a pool wall;
a pool frame comprising an annular frame and a plurality of vertical supports disposed outside an outer surface of the pool wall;
an annular reinforcing band disposed around the outer surface of the pool wall between the pool wall and the plurality of vertical supports; and
a fixing system preventing the plurality of vertical supports from separation from the pool body;
wherein the fixing system comprises a plurality of discrete fixing devices each coupled to the annular reinforcing band.
 
11. A pool comprising:
a pool body comprising a pool bottom and a pool wall;
a pool frame comprising an annular frame and a plurality of vertical supports disposed outside an outer surface of the pool body;
an annular reinforcing band disposed on the pool wall; and
a fixing band disposed on the outer surface of the pool body and restraining at least one of the plurality of vertical supports on the outer surface of the pool body;
wherein a width of the annular reinforcing band, defined in a vertical direction, is greater than a width of the fixing band, defined in the vertical direction; and
wherein the fixing band is disposed vertically above at least a lowermost edge of the annular reinforcing band.