Easily assembled and disassembled above ground pool

Abstract

An above ground pool is provided. The above ground pool includes an annular base, an annular enclosing wall, a waterproof liner, a plurality of vertical pillars, at least one pair of horizontal support members, and at least one pair of oblique support members. The annular base has ends connected to each other to form a closed loop structure and has a plurality of upward-facing grooves. The annular enclosing wall is flexible in a horizontal direction and rigid in a vertical direction and a lower edge of the wall is disposed in the upward-facing grooves. The waterproof liner is disposed on an inner side of the annular enclosing wall and located above the annular base, where an upper edge of the waterproof liner is folded over an upper edge of the annular enclosing wall to form a container for holding water.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An above ground pool, comprising:
 an annular base having ends connected to each other to form a closed loop, the annular base having a plurality of upward-facing grooves;   an annular enclosing wall being flexible in a horizontal direction and rigid in a vertical direction, the annular enclosed wall having a lower edge disposed in the plurality of upward-facing grooves such that the annular enclosing wall is adapted to conform to the shape of the annular base, the lower edge of the annular enclosing wall having at least a pair of notches symmetrically disposed along a side of the pool;   a waterproof liner disposed on an inner side of the annular enclosing wall and positioned above a horizontal plane in which the annular base is located, the waterproof liner having an upper edge that is folded over an upper edge of the annular enclosing wall to form a container capable of holding water;   a plurality of vertical pillars disposed about an outer side of the annular enclosing wall, the vertical pillars being spaced apart from each other;   at least one pair of horizontal support members disposed below the lower edge of the annular enclosing wall and positioned in corresponding relation to the at least one pair of notches, the horizontal support members being coupled to one or more pairs of the vertical pillars; and   at least one pair of oblique support members wherein each oblique support member is coupled at one end to a corresponding horizontal support member and coupled at an opposite end to a corresponding vertical pillar.   
     
     
         2 . The above ground pool of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one slot-shaped clamping strip clamped onto the upper edge of the annular enclosing wall to fix the upper edge of said waterproof liner to the upper edge of said annular enclosing wall. 
     
     
         3 . The above ground pool of  claim 2 , wherein the annular base includes a plurality of guide rails having upward-facing grooves, and wherein every pair of adjacent guide rails are coupled together via a guide rail connector to form an end-to-end closed annulus. 
     
     
         4 . The above ground pool of  claim 3 , wherein a plurality of vertical pillar bases are coupled to corresponding vertical pillars, the vertical pillar bases being positioned below the annular base, a top portion of each vertical pillars having a vertical pillar top cover correspondingly connected thereto. 
     
     
         5 . The above ground pool of  claim 4 , further comprising a plurality of top plates circumferentially arranged above the upper edge of the annular enclosing wall, the top plates each having opposite ends fixed to the vertical pillar top covers via fasteners, the top plates being disposed above the slot-shaped clamping strips such as to cover the slot-shaped clamping strips. 
     
     
         6 . The above ground pool of  claim 5 , further comprising a plurality of sets of protective covers, each set being located in between two adjacent top plates such that each end of the top plates is clamped and affixed therein and covered thereby. 
     
     
         7 . The above ground pool of  claim 6 , wherein the horizontal support members respectively extend inward toward the interior of the annular enclosing wall by a certain distance, a rigid connecting band is provided between the two horizontal support members to provide the pool additional structural support. 
     
     
         8 . The above ground pool of  claim 7 , further comprising at least one pair of protective shields, each protective shield being located on the inner side of the annular enclosing wall, each protective shield covering the portion of the horizontal support members extending into the interior of the annular enclosing wall. 
     
     
         9 . The above ground pool of  claim 8 , wherein the guide rails are constructed of steel, aluminum alloy, or plastic. 
     
     
         10 . The above ground pool of  claim 8 , wherein the slot-shaped clamping stripes are constructed of steel, aluminum alloy, or plastic. 
     
     
         11 . The above ground pool of  claim 8 , wherein the annular enclosing wall comprises a steel plate with a rustproof coating, or an aluminum alloy plate. 
     
     
         12 . The above ground pool of  claim 8 , wherein the waterproof liner is constructed from a sheet of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or polyurethane (PU).