Portable pool

Abstract

A portable child's pool having a bottom that includes a padding layer is provided. The padding layer is preferably a polymeric material. The polymeric material may be a polymeric rubber. Alternatively, the polymeric material may be a polymeric foam. Polychloroprene is a preferred polymeric material. The bottom may further include one or two thin polymeric sheets. Any one of the polymeric sheets may be bonded to the padding layer. Alternatively, when the bottom includes two polymeric sheets, they may be bonded at their edges so as to form a seal around the padding layer.

We claim:  
     
         1 . A portable child's pool, comprising: 
 a side; and    a bottom adjoining said side, wherein said bottom comprises a padding layer comprising a polymeric material and has a sufficient thickness so as to provide cushioning to said bottom.    
     
     
         2 . The portably child's pool according to  claim 1  wherein said padding layer comprises a polymeric rubber.  
     
     
         3 . The portable child's pool according to  claim 1  wherein said padding layer comprises a polymeric foam.  
     
     
         4 . The portable child's pool according to  claim 1  wherein said polymeric material is selected from the group consisting of polychloroprene, sytrene-butadiene rubber, polybutadiene, poly(ethylene-propylene-diene), epichlorohydrin, polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene-co-vinylacetate, ethyl methacrylate, polyurethane, polyvinylchloride, natural rubber, silicon, and polyfillers, and combinations thereof.  
     
     
         5 . The portable child's pool according to  claim 4  wherein said polymeric material comprises polychloroprene.  
     
     
         6 . The portably child's pool according to  claim 1  wherein said thickness is between ⅛ inch and 3 inches.  
     
     
         7 . The portable child's pool according to  claim 1  wherein said padding layer forms said bottom.  
     
     
         8 . The portable child's pool according to  claim 1  wherein said bottom further comprises a first thin polymeric sheet forming a first bottom layer.  
     
     
         9 . The portable child's pool according to  claim 1  wherein said padding layer is glued to said first bottom layer.  
     
     
         10 . The portable child's pool according to  claim 1  wherein said padding layer is disposed underneath said first bottom layer.  
     
     
         11 . The portable child's pool according to  claim 1  wherein said padding layer is disposed above said first bottom layer.  
     
     
         12 . The portable child's pool according to  claim 11  wherein said bottom further comprises a second thin polymeric sheet forming a second bottom layer, wherein said second bottom layer is disposed above said padding layer such that said padding layer is disposed between said first and second bottom layers.  
     
     
         13 . The portable child's pool according to  claim 12  wherein said first and second layers are bonded at their respective circumferential edges so as to form a seal around said padding.  
     
     
         14 . The portably child's pool according to  claim 12  wherein said padding layer is glued to at least one of said first and second bottom layers.  
     
     
         15 . The portable child's pool according to  claim 1  wherein said side is selected from the group consisting of blow up ringed sides, soft sides, and hard sides.  
     
     
         16 . The portable child's pool according to  claim 1  wherein said pool is a wading pool.  
     
     
         17 . A portable child's wading pool comprising: 
 a side;    a first bottom layer adjacent said side;    a second bottom layer adjoined to said first bottom layer;    a padding layer extending between said first bottom layer and said second bottom layer,    wherein said padding layer comprises a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of polychloroprene, sytrene-butadiene rubber, polybutadiene, poly(ethylene-propylene-diene), epichlorohydrin, polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene-co-vinylacetate, ethyl methacrylate, polyurethane, polyvinylchloride, natural rubber, silicon, and polyfillers, and combinations thereof.    
     
     
         18 . The portable child's wading pool according to  claim 17  wherein said padding layer is between ⅛ inch and 3 inches.  
     
     
         19 . A portable child's wading pool comprising: 
 a side; and    a bottom adjacent said side, said bottom comprising a padding layer comprising polychloroprene, wherein said padding layer has a thickness between ⅛ inch and 3 inches.    
     
     
         20 . The portable child's pool according to  claim 19  wherein said bottom further comprises a first polymeric sheet and a second polymeric sheet bonded to said first polymeric sheet wherein said first and second polymeric sheets surround said padding layer.