Pool grating having curves therein

Abstract

A structure for installing grate bars in a swimming pool having straight and curved section. The pool has a top gutter formed in concrete. The grate bars follow the concept of being parallel to a pool wall. A multiple of spaced apart elements support elements are placed over the gutter at predetermined intervals and fastened to the top of the concrete. A pre-assembled grid of longitudinal grate bars is placed over the support elements and fastened thereto. The pre-assembled grate bars are held together by lateral stays. In the curved section, individual grate bars placed onto the support elements one by one and are bent into the respective curves of the gutter. the individual grate bars are received between the spaces of the knobs on the support elements and snap fitted therein.

1 . A structure for installing grate bars in a swimming pool, said swimming pool having the concept of grate bars running parallel to a wall of the pool, said pool having a gutter at a top thereof, said gutter having straight and curved sections, said gutter further having support elements on top of the concrete from which said gutter is formed, said support elements having ends and are spanning said gutter and are fastened to said concrete by lag screws at the ends of said support elements, said support elements are spaced along said straight and said curved sections at predetermined intervals, said straight section receiving a grid of pre-assembled grate bars on top of said support elements, said curved sections having individually bent grate bars fastened to a top of said support elements. 
   
   
       2 . The structure of  claim 1 , wherein said grate bars have a hollow nose assembly installed between said grate bars and an edge of the pool. 
   
   
       3 . The structure of  claim 2 , wherein said hollow assembly has a longitudinal depression placed downwardly from a top of said hollow assembly to act as finger grips for a user in said pool. 
   
   
       4 . The structure of  claim 1 , wherein said grate bars have a U-shaped cross section and having a friction inducing design on top of the grate bars. 
   
   
       5 . The structure of  claim 1  including a male clip at one end of said grate bars and a female receptacle at another end of said grate bars, whereby, when said male clip of one end of one grate bar is snapped into said female receptacle at one end of another grate bar, said grate bars will be rigidly connected to each other. 
   
   
       6 . The structure of  claim 1 , wherein said support element has a reinforcing array below a top of said element, said array extending downwardly into the gutter. 
   
   
       7 . The structure of  claim 1 , wherein said support element has spaced apart knobs on top of said element and each of said knobs has lateral hooks thereon. 
   
   
       8 . The structure of  claim 7 , wherein each of said U-shaped grate bars has lateral barbs thereon, and when said grate bars are introduced between said knobs, the barbs on said U-shaped grate bars will snap under said hooks of said knobs. 
   
   
       9 . The structure of  claim 1 , wherein said pre-assembled grate consists of a grid having a multiple of spaced apart lateral stays, the lateral stays are molded simultaneously with longitudinal grate bars which are spaced apart, the ends of said spaced apart longitudinal grate bars have at one end thereof male clips thereon and have female receptacles on the other end so that a multiple of longitudinal grate bars can be snapped together.