Patent Application
20200291669
The present disclosure relates to portable household above ground pools which can be used in courtyard and garden etc., and more particularly to a pool with an elliptical frame having a support frame and a flexible pool liner.
Portable household above ground pools may be installed at courtyards, gardens, lawns, or other surfaces for entertaining adults and children, which are advantageously convenient for installation and storage and so on. Above ground pools have many different structures, and can be mainly categorized into frame pools with a metallic (or plastic) frame and frameless pools without a metallic (or plastic) frame. There are a variety of structures and forms for frame pools. However, prior art frame pools have the following major defects.
Firstly, rectangular-framed pools, compared to pools with circular and elliptical frames, require more steel tubes and material cost, and thus making the whole pool heavy and inconvenient to carry. Also, since four sides of the rectangular-framed pools utilize oblique frames, the pools may take up too much space, and thus the installation and usage of the pools will be limited in some relatively narrow locations. Moreover, the steel tubes at the four borders of the upper frame of the rectangular-framed pool are arranged at right angles and are connected without any fixing mechanism. Therefore, a user is susceptible to be injured by the steel tubes of the upper frame at adjacent sides of the pool. Thus, there exists a certain safety risk.
Moreover, circular frame pools have a relatively limited pool length due to the circular shape, which may affect user experience.
Thirdly, conventional pools with an elliptical frame are only provided with support steel tubes on two sides of the pool, and the remaining portions are not provided with any support frame or steel tube. Therefore, the structure of the entire pool is not stable. When a user is in the pool, the pool would somewhat swing with the water. In addition, for the portions that are not supported by any frame, when the pool wall is subjected to a great downward pressure, the water would overflow from the position where the pool wall is pressed downward.
In addition, most pools in markets, for example, SPA pools, above-ground pools and recreation pools are generally used in the outdoor areas. Thus, using the filtration apparatus for eliminating the impurities into the water of pool might be a necessary action for users.
There are different types of filter devices on the market. Most of the large capacity pools have adopted a sand filter setting quartz as filter medium, or a filter pump with filtration core as filer medium. The sand filter having a higher price in the market in comparison with the filter pump has a satisfying filter effect. Additionally, the filter pump with filtration portions inside the pump might not be easy convenience to clean or replace it for pump. Another type of filtration apparatus including the fabric filter portions arranged on the inlet of the pool will not be with a cause using for covering the filter to achieve a purpose of preventing the impurities back into the pool water if the operation of pump is shut off.
In view of the defects of the prior art, the technical problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to provide a portable pool with an elliptical frame, which has a simple, safe, firm and stable structure as well as an appealing appearance. Also, it is convenient to install and provides high utilization of space.
In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problem, there is provided a pool with an elliptical frame according to the present disclosure. The pool includes a support frame and a flexible pool liner which is supported by the support frame and used for containing water. Moreover, the present disclosure provides a wall-mounted filtration apparatus arranged on the frame pool for filtering the water in the pool.
The pool with an elliptical frame may include a support frame and a flexible pool liner which is supported by the support frame for containing water. The support frame may include a substantially elliptical upper frame which is arranged horizontally; moreover, a plurality of vertical support members and oblique support members may be used for supporting the upper frame; furthermore, the upper frame may include a plurality of arcuate frames which are positioned at two opposite ends of the elliptical upper frame along a major axis direction. A plurality of straight frames are coupled between the arcuate frames in parallel; therefore, the upper frame is configured by combining the arcuate frames and the straight frames.
In one embodiment, each arcuate frame may include at least two first horizontal support tubes, and each straight frame may include at least one second horizontal support tube.
In one embodiment, each straight frame may include at least two second horizontal support tubes. Also, the second horizontal support tubes can be inserted into each other and fixedly coupled via an elastic pin structure.
In one embodiment, a T-shaped connector can be coupled, by the elastic pin structure, between two of the first horizontal support tubes and one of the vertical support members, and between one of the first horizontal support tubes, one of the second horizontal support tubes, and one of the vertical support members.
In one embodiment, a lower surface of the second horizontal support tube may include at least one pair of oblique support holes, or at least one oblique support hole (1211). In addition, a diameter of each oblique support hole can be larger than an external diameter of the oblique support members.
In one embodiment, each of the oblique support members can be a U-shaped tube including two ends which are respectively inserted into the pair of the oblique support holes to support the straight frame.
In one embodiment, each of the oblique support members can be an inverted T-shaped tube including an upper end which is inserted into one of the oblique support holes to support the straight frame.
In one embodiment, the flexible pool liner can be made from a flexible reinforced PVC rubberized fabric or PU rubberized fabric with sandwiched mesh fabric.
In one embodiment, the flexible pool liner may include a pool wall and an elliptical pool bottom. An upper edge of the pool wall can be provided with a plurality of first sleeves allowing the first horizontal support tubes and the second horizontal support tubes of the upper frame to be sheathed therein, so as to fix the flexible pool liner to the upper frame.
In one embodiment, an oblique support tube drawstring can be provided between the pool bottom of the flexible pool liner and a bottom end of the oblique support members; additionally, the oblique support tube drawstring can be fixedly coupled to the pool bottom at one end and be provided with a second sleeve at the other end; moreover, the bottom end of the oblique support members can be sheathed into the second sleeve and the position thereof can be limited by the oblique support tube drawstring.
In one embodiment, each of the vertical support members comprises at least a branched-support member extending from a side of the vertical support member, a support base coupled with an end of the vertical support member and the branched-support member for arranging the vertical support member on the ground.
In one embodiment, an angle between the vertical support member and the branched-support member can be lesser than 90°, and the angle can be in a range of 15° to 45°.
In one embodiment, the branched-support member may include a curved surface extending from a connection portion between the vertical support member and the branched-support member to the end of the branched-support member.
In one embodiment, each of the oblique support members may include at least a branched-tubular portion extending from a side of the oblique support member. Also, a base portion can be coupled with an end of the oblique support member and the branched-tubular portion to support the pool on the ground.
In one embodiment, an angle between the oblique support member and the branched-tubular portion can be lesser than 90°, and the angle can be in a range of 15° to 45°.
In one embodiment, the branched-tubular portion may include a surface line curved from a top side of the branched-tubular portion on the oblique support member to a bottom side of the branched-tubular portion.
In one embodiment, a wall-mounted filtration apparatus for a pool may include a main body having a through hole and a plurality of water inlets; furthermore, a filtering cover may include a water outlet, and a filtering fixed shaft can be positioned on the filtering cover surrounding the water outlet; additionally, an opening can be positioned on a side of the filtering fixed shaft and be parallel with the water outlet; moreover, a filtering portion can be positioned on an outer surface of the filtering fixed shaft, and the main body with the filtering cover can be configured to be a filter casing for covering the filtering portion; in addition, a fastener may pass through the through hole for engaging with filtering fixed shaft by the opening to fasten the main body on the filtering cover.
In one embodiment, the wall-mounted filtration apparatus may include the fastener which is a bolt engaged with a plurality of threads positioned on an inner surface of the opening.
In one embodiment, the wall-mounted filtration apparatus may include the filtering fixed shaft having a hollow cylinder portion which is interconnected with the water outlet.
In one embodiment, the wall-mounted filtration apparatus may include a plurality of side openings which are positioned on a lateral surrounding portion of the filtering fixed shaft for interconnecting with the hollow cylinder portion. Also, a plurality of protruding portions are interval of positioning on the lateral surrounding portion adjacent to the side openings.
In one embodiment, the wall-mounted filtration apparatus may include the main body (110) which is a cylinder-shaped structure or a cone-shaped structure.
In one embodiment, the wall-mounted filtration apparatus may include the water inlets which are positioned on an outer surface of the main body, and at least a water retaining sheet is positioned on an inner surface of the main body by at least a clamp ring to cover the water inlets, and a plurality of connecting threads may be positioned on the water outlet for coupling with the pool.
In one embodiment, the wall-mounted filtration apparatus may include a first fastening portion which is positioned on the inner surface of the main body and a second fastening portion is positioned on an inner surface of the filtering cover. Moreover, the filtering portion may include a filter positioned between a first fastening plate and a second fastening plate. The first fastening plate and the second fastening plate may include a first groove and a second groove; also, the first fastening portion and second fastening portion are coupled with the first fastening plate and the second fastening plate for engaging the filtering portion in the filter casing.
In one embodiment, the wall-mounted filtration apparatus may include a plurality of connecting threads which are positioned on the water outlet for coupling with the pool.
Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure may have a serial of advantages. For example, it may be a simple, safe, firm and stable structure as well as an appealing appearance. Also, it is convenient to install, and provides high utilization of space (occupies small area). Moreover, in the present disclosure, the installation of wall-mounted filtration apparatus in the embodiments may be simple and easy. The filtering portion is positioned inside the filtering cover so that it is not easy to be damaged artificially. Additionally, the filtering cover can be easily disassembled, to achieve the requirements of checking or changing the filtering portion. The water retaining sheets arranged on the inner surface of the main body are used for preventing impurities flow back to the pool.
The above-mentioned and other features, properties and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the accompany drawings, in which:
The present disclosure will be further described below in conjunction with particular example implementations and the accompanying drawings. Further details are provided in the following description in order for the present disclosure to be fully understood. However, the present disclosure can be implemented in various ways other than those described herein. A person skilled in the art can make similar analogies and modifications according to practical applications without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure, and therefore the contents of the particular examples herein should not be construed as limiting to the scope of the present disclosure.
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The support frame A includes a horizontal, substantially elliptical upper frame 1, and a plurality of vertical support members 2 and oblique support members 3 for supporting the upper frame 1. Two ends of the upper frame 1 along the major axis direction of the ellipse shape are two opposite arcuate frames 11. Two opposite parallel straight frames 12 having the same length are respectively connected between the two arcuate frames 11. The arcuate frames 11 and the straight frames 12 form the closed upper frame 1. Each arcuate frame 11 may include at least two first horizontal support tubes 111 which are coupled to each other, and each first horizontal support tube 111 may be a straight tube. Each segment of straight frame 12 may include at least one second horizontal support tube 121.
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In addition, at a position from one-quarter to one-half of the height (for example, one-third of the height) from bottom to top, the pool wall b1 is provided with a surrounding reinforcing band b6. The reinforcing band b6 may be attached to the pool wall b1 via a plurality of stickers b7 on the pool wall b1. The vertical support member 2 is situated between the pool wall b1 and the reinforcing band b6, and this structural design can well define the shape of the flexible pool liner B and the position of the vertical support member 2, so as to prevent the outward bulging of the pool wall b1 and the displacement of the vertical support member 2 after the flexible pool liner B is filled with water.
In the present second embodiment, both the first horizontal support tubes 111 of the two arcuate frames 11 may be arcuate tubes, so that the support frame A of the frame pool has a more smooth oval shape, while the remaining structure is the same as in the first embodiment. In the present disclosure, the illustration of the pool including the elliptical frame structure is described above. Also, the pool can be arranged the wall-mounted filtration apparatus to achieve the requirements of filtering the pool water. The embodiments of the wall-mounted filtration apparatus is illustrated as follows.
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The present disclosure is wall-mounted filtration apparatus including a main body 110, a filtering cover 120, a filtering portion 200 and a fastener 300.
The filtering cover 120 and the main body 110 are configured to be a filter casing 100. The main body 110 can be a cylinder-shaped structure or a cone-shaped structure. The main body 110 having a plurality of water inlets 127 arranged on the outer surface of the main body 110. In the embodiment, the water inlets 127 are positioned on the main body 110 surrounding the lateral wall of the outer surface. Furthermore, a through hole 112 for being passed through a fastener 300 is located on the center of the bottom of main body 110. Also, a plurality of fastening portions 113 are positioned on an inner surface of main body 110 around the through hole 112. The filtering cover 120 includes a water outlet 128 with which a filter fixed shaft 122 is arranged to be coupled. Specifically, the filter fixed shaft 122 is a tubular structure with a hollow cylinder portion for interconnecting with the water outlet 128; additionally, a plurality of threads 126 are positioned on the water outlet 128 in one side opposite the filter fixed shaft 122 for coupling with the connector 700. The filter fixed shaft 122 may have a tubular structure, and a plurality of side openings 123 may be positioned on a side wall of the filter fixed shaft 122. Also, a fastening portion 125 is arranged on the inner surface of the filtering cover 120 surrounding the filter fixed shaft 122.
The filtering portion 200, which having an axis with the filter fixed shaft 122, is located in a space between the filtering cover 120 and the main body 110, and is inserted to joint on the filter fixed shaft 122.The filtering portion 200 includes a first fastening plate and a second fastening plate 210 and a filter positioned between the two fastening plate 210. The filter can be one or more of folded non-woven, polyester fibers or sponges. Those of two fastening plates 210 are respectively positioned on both two side of the filtering portion 200) for fastening the filtering portion 200 between the filtering cover 120 and the main body 110. Specifically, each of fastening plate 210 includes a groove 220. In the embodiment, the first fastening plate 210 being towards to the main body 110 is used to couple with the first fastening portion 113 on the inner surface of the main body 110 by the first groove 220, whereas the second fastening plate 210 being towards to the filtering cover 120 is used to couple with the second fastening portion 125 on the inner surface of the filtering cover 120 by second groove 220, to fasten the filtering portion 200 between the filtering cover 120 and the main body 110.
In one embodiment, the fastening portion 113, 125 is a closed ring. Another can be a discontinuous fastening rings which having a plurality of intervals in a circumferential direction. The fastener 300 can be a bolt passing through the main body 110 by the through, and be engaged with a plurality of threads 124 on filter fixed shaft 122 for coupled both to be a combination. A same axis for the main body 110 and the filter fixed shaft 122 is through the engagement between the threads 124 and the fastener 300. In the embodiment, seal structures 600 can be located between the fastener 300 and the main body 110 for achieving a sealing function.
When the wall-mounted filtration apparatus is filtering, the water enters through the inlet 111 into the main body 110, and then passes through the filter of the filtering portion 200. Subsequently, the water flows into the hollow cylinder portion of the filter fixed shaft 122 by passing through the side openings 123 on the filter fixed shaft 122. Finally, the filtered water flows out the filter casing 100 from the water outlet 128 of the filtering cover 120.
In the embodiment, there are a plurality of water retaining sheets 400 being arranged on the inner surface of the main body 110 used for covering the water inlets 127.The water retaining sheets 400 are fixed on the inner surface using a clamp ring 500.The material of the water retaining sheet 400 can be rubber, PVC or other flexible flaky materials. The function of the water retaining sheet 400 is similar with slice of check valve.
The water retaining sheet 400 will open inward when water enter into the filter casing 100 through inlets 111 in filtering state, whereas the water retaining sheet 400 will cover the inlets 111 for preventing impurities back-flow.
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Base 800 is installed on the inner surface 900 of pool. The connecting threads 710 positioned on the connector 700 are coupled with the plurality of connecting threads 810 positioned on the base 800. Moreover, the plurality of connecting threads 720 on the connector 700 is coupled with the plurality of connecting threads 126 on the water outlet 128 of the filtering cover 120. The present disclosure of the wall-mounted filtration apparatus using those connecting structures can be arranged on the inner surface 900 of pool.
The present disclosure has been described above in connection with example implementations which, however, are not intended to be limiting to the scope of the present disclosure, and any person skilled in the art should understand that these are merely illustrative and could make possible changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Hence, any alteration, equivalent change and modification which are made to the above-mentioned examples in accordance with the technical substance of the present disclosure and without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure, would fall within the scope defined by the claims of the present disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201520057049.0 | Jan 2015 | CN | national |
| 201520655645.9 | Aug 2015 | CN | national |
The present application is a divisional application of and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/008,125, filed on Jan. 27, 2016, which claims priority to Chinese Application No. CN201520057049.0, filed on Jan. 27, 2015 and Chinese Application No. CN201520655645.9, filed on Aug. 27, 2015, the complete disclosures of which for each foregoing application are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | 15008125 | Jan 2016 | US |
| Child | 16892262 | US |
