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The disclosure relates to divider devices and more particularly pertains to a new divider device for restricting access to a deep portion of a swimming pool.
The prior art relates to divider devices including a swimming pool that has temperature barriers therein for establishing a plurality of portions of a swimming pool of differing temperatures. The prior art discloses a mobile swimming pool barrier that is rollable on tracks that extend alongside a swimming pool. The prior art also discloses a removable thermal barrier for a swimming pool that includes water ports for passing water therethrough. The prior art discloses a division frame that is positionable at a transition between a deep portion of a swimming pool and a shallow portion of a swimming pool.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of rods. Each of the rods is extendable downwardly into a swimming pool adjacent to opposite sides of the swimming pool with respect to each other. Each of the rods has an engagement thereon and the engagement on each of the rods engages a respective well in a deck of the swimming pool to inhibit the rods from moving. A barrier is coupled between each of the rods to inhibit a child or a non-swimming adult from passing beyond the barrier. The barrier is comprised of a fluid permeable material to facilitate pool water to pass therethrough.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
Each of the rods 12 has a first end 22, a second end 24 and an outer surface 26 extending therebetween. The engagement 16 on each of the rods 12 comprises a leg 28 extending away from the second end 24 and a foot 30 extending downwardly from the leg 28. The foot 30 of each engagement 16 slides downwardly into the respective well 18 in the deck 20 of the swimming pool 14 having the second end 24 of the rods 12 being positioned adjacent to a bottom 32 of the swimming pool 14. The leg 28 of each engagement 16 has a top surface 34 and the top surface 34 of the leg 28 of the engagement 16 is textured. In this way the top surface 34 inhibits a person from slipping when the person steps on the top surface 34.
A barrier 36 is provided and the barrier 36 is coupled between each of the rods 12. In this way the barrier 36 can inhibit a child or a non-swimming adult from passing beyond the barrier 36. The barrier 36 is comprised of a fluid permeable material to facilitate pool 14 water to pass therethrough. The barrier 36 has a first lateral edge 38, a second lateral edge 40, a top edge 42 and a bottom edge 44, and each of the first lateral edge 38 and the second lateral edge 40 is coupled to the outer surface 26 of a respective one of the rods 12. Additionally, the barrier 36 extends substantially between the first end 22 and the second end 24 of the rods 12. As is most clearly shown in
In an alternative embodiment 52 as is most clearly shown in
The barrier 36 extends through the slot 54 in the respective rod 12 that is hollow and the second lateral edge 40 of the barrier 36 is attached to the crank 56. The barrier 36 is wrapped around the crank 56 when the handle 58 is rotated in a first direction for shortening the barrier 36. The barrier 36 is drawn outwardly through the slot 54 when the handle 58 is rotated in a second direction for lengthening the barrier 36. In this way the barrier 36 can extend across swimming pools 14 of varying widths.
In use, the foot 30 on the engagement 16 on each of the rods 12 is lowered into the respective well 18 in the deck 20 of the swimming pool 14. In this way the barrier 36 extends across the swimming pool 14 to inhibit children or non-swimming adults from passing the barrier 36. Moreover, the barrier 36 may be aligned with a transition between the shallow portion 48 of the pool 14 and the deep portion 50 of the pool 14. In this way the barrier 36 enhances the safety of the children and non-swimming adults that are swimming in the swimming pool 14 that may inadvertently slip, swim or otherwise enter the deep portion of the swimming pool 14.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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