Insulation for Above Ground Swimming Pools

Abstract

Insulation for plastic sided metal framed above ground swimming pools whereby vertically-ribbed inflatable flexible plastic panels 17 are designed such that by means of zips 18 and 19 and the degree of inflation of the individual panels a continuous insulating solar panel is formed around and in close contact with the perimeter of the pool 10.

1 . Inflatable vertically-ribbed flexible plastic panels which can be detachably joined together and detachably connected to above ground swimming pools by means of zips, the insulating panels being inflatable by air until close contact between panels and pool wall is achieved thereby improving the insulation of the swimming pool, and where said swimming pool walls are formed solely by a plastic liner supported by a metal frame. 
   
   
       2 . Inflatable vertically-ribbed flexible plastic panels according to  claim 1 , in which at opposed ends of an inflatable panel, the panel is zipped to the adjoining panel by means of a section or sections that pass behind a support leg of the metal frame, and/or a further section or sections that zip to the adjoining panel by passing in front of a frame's support leg, in such a way that close contact with the pool wall is achieved. 
   
   
       3 . Inflatable vertically-ribbed flexible plastic panels according to  claim 1 , in which improved contact with the pool wall is achieved by providing a small part of a bottom edge of the panel to locate underneath the pool liner prior to inflation and ensuring that a top edge of the panel is adapted to be held securely by a top part of a support leg, and/or locates between an upper part of the frame and the pool liner. 
   
   
       4 . Inflatable vertically-ribbed flexible plastic panels according to  claim 1  which are at least partially transparent.