US 12,473,740 B2
Anchor for lane lines
Robert Lawson, Naples, FL (US)
Assigned to DALDORADO, LLC, Naples, FL (US)
Filed by Daldorado, LLC, Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/408,182.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/438,739, filed on Jan. 12, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0240480 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. E04H 4/14 (2006.01); E04H 4/10 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 4/143 (2013.01) [E04H 4/145 (2013.01); E04H 4/10 (2013.01); E04H 2004/146 (2013.01); E04H 2004/147 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anchor for a lane line of a swimming pool, the anchor comprising:
a housing that includes a cover and a support member, the housing defining an internal cavity and the cover being movable to open and close the internal cavity; and
an extension connector that engages the support member, wherein the extension connector includes a flattened central portion and the flattened central portion includes an internal web structure;
wherein, with the cover closed over the internal cavity, a first end of the extension connector is secured in engagement with the support member and a second end of the extension connector extends outside of the internal cavity to support a lane line.
 
13. A method of securing a lane line for a swimming pool, the method comprising:
with a cover of a housing of an anchor in an open configuration, securing a first end of an extension connector to a support member within an internal cavity of the housing of the anchor, wherein securing the first end of the extension connector to the support member includes engaging a first hook of the extension connector with a lateral cross-member within the housing;
closing the housing to secure the first end of the extension connector within the internal cavity, in engagement with the support member, with a second end of the extension connector extending outside of the housing, wherein securing the second end of the extension connector to the lane line includes engaging a second hook of the extension connector to the lane line; and
securing a lane line to the second end of the extension connector.