Above ground pool with reinforcing member

Abstract

An above ground pool includes a pool body, an air inflatable ring member, and a reinforcing member. The pool body has a bottom wall and a surrounding wall that extends upwardly and integrally from a periphery of the bottom wall and that has a distal top edge. The air inflatable ring member has a lower ring part connected integrally to the distal top edge of the surrounding wall. The reinforcing member is mounted in the ring member, and ensures that a central ring axis of the ring member is generally concentric with and does not extend outside a circular area bounded by the distal top edge of the surrounding wall.

I claim:  
     
         1 . An above ground pool comprising: 
 a pool body formed from a unitary sheet of pliable water-impermeable material and having a bottom wall and a surrounding wall that extends upwardly and integrally from a periphery of said bottom wall, that has a distal top edge distal to said bottom wall, and that further has a diameter that decreases gradually in a direction from said periphery of said bottom wall to said distal top edge of said surrounding wall;    an air inflatable ring member having an upper ring part, a lower ring part that is connected integrally to said distal top edge of said surrounding wall, and a central ring axis; and    a reinforcing member mounted in said ring member to ensure that said central ring axis is generally concentric with and does not extend outside a circular area bounded by said distal top edge of said surrounding wall.    
     
     
         2 . The above ground pool as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said reinforcing member includes an annular strip bonded to and extending along said ring member.  
     
     
         3 . The above ground pool as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said annular strip is bonded to and extends along said upper ring part of said ring member.