This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 200920182573.5, filed on Aug. 11, 2009. The entire disclosure of this Chinese Patent Application; Chinese Patent Application No. 200920182579.2, filed on Aug. 11, 2009; Chinese Patent Application No. 200920182572.0, filed on Aug. 11, 2009; and Chinese Patent Application No. 200920182578.8, filed on Aug. 11, 2009, are hereby incorporated by reference.
Appendices A, B, and C filed in the present application are published in US Patent Publication Serial No. 2011/0073410 and are incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention relates to swimming pool equipment, in particular to a swimming pool ladder.
In a prior design as shown in
According to the present disclosure, a swimming pool ladder with a barrier is provided that comprises first and second ladder sections being positionable inside and outside a swimming pool. The first ladder section includes a plurality of steps including an uppermost step. The ladder further includes a top support platform connecting upper portions of the first and second ladder sections, and a triangular barrier having a first edge position adjacent the first ladder section and fixed to at least two steps with at least two connectors and a bottom edge positionable adjacent an inner sidewall of the swimming pool. A top end of the barrier is spaced apart from the top platform by a distance.
The above-mentioned and other features and advantages of the invention, and the manner of attaining them, will become more apparent and the disclosure itself will be better understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Corresponding reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. Although the drawings represent embodiments of the present invention, the drawings are not necessarily to scale and certain features may be exaggerated in order to better illustrate and explain the present invention.
The embodiments disclosed below are not intended to be exhaustive or limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed in the following detailed description. Rather, the embodiments are chosen and described so that others skilled in the art may utilize their teachings.
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Steps 12 are mounted at intervals between the two rails 11 from top to bottom. The step 12 closest to top platform 2 is an uppermost or first step 121. The other steps 12 are respectively a second step 122, a third step 123, and a bottommost or fourth step 124. Barrier 3 is perpendicular to an inner side face 13 of ladder 1 positioned in pool 10. Barrier 3 has a triangle shape, one edge 14 of which is adjacent inner side face 13 of ladder 1 and fixed on second step 122 and fourth step 124 through connecting pieces 4, and another edge 15 of which is adjacent the inner sidewall of swimming pool 10.
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Upon mounting, slot body 410 of clamp 41 is inserted onto sidewall 13 of step 12 (as shown in
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Left clamp 41A is provided with a slot body 410A having a rectangular through slot 411A that matches the wall thickness of steps 12A of ladder 1 (as shown in
A snap slot 421A of right clamp 42A is snap-engaged with upright tube 31A of barrier 3A (as shown in
The above mentioned barrier may be a framework with a mesh-like material tightened thereon (see
While this invention has been described as having an exemplary design, the present invention may be further modified within the spirit and scope of this disclosure. This application is therefore intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention using its general principles. Further, this application is intended to cover such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art to which this invention pertains.
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