US2483789A - Portable outdoor wading pool - Google Patents

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Oct. 4, 19 9- P. K. SMITH ET AL 2,483,789

7 PORTABLE OUTDOOR WADING POOL Filed Nov. 26,..1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig.1. I

2 lm'entor Moritz Nappe Parker K. Smith .0611. 4, 1949. $M|TH ET AL 2,483,789

PORTABLE OUTDOOR WAD ING POOL FiledNov. 26 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet? Inventor Moritz Nappe Parkr K. vSmith i a Attorneys Patented Oct. 4, 1949 P RTABLE OUTDOOR WADING POOL Parker K. Smith. Interlaken, and Moritz Nappe, Farmingdale. N. J.

Application November 26, 1946, Serial No. 712,426

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in portable outdoor wading pools.

The primary feature of this invention is to provide a device of this character having a tank frame structure composed of commercial shapes means for attaching said tank to the tank frame."

A further feature of this invention is to provide an improved means for disp g of waste water within the tank and means for supplying water in the form of a spray or otherwise to the tank.

A still further feature is to provide a device of this character that is neat and attractive in appearance, efficient and reliable in operation, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one corner of the tank and frame.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the manner in which the jointed end sections of the frame structure are fitted together.

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of one of the angle iron members comprising the tank frame, and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the spray cup nozzle for supplying water to the tank.

Referring now to the drawing in detail whereend of each outer side face 9 and 9a of angle iron supporting standards or legs placed at each corner of said rails 5.

The frame composed of the four rails is reinforced by attaching four corner seats H to the upper horizontal flange Ila of said rails by 4 Claims. (Cl. 4177) a pair of screws 12 that extend through each of said seats I l and the upper face I la, and conventional wing nuts l3 are then placed on the lower ends of said screws to hold said seats tightly to said rails.

A canvas water-proof tank body l4 having rommets l5 alon all its upper border It, said grommets are adapted to be snapped on opposing studs ll suitably secured to the inner faces of the vertical flanges of said rails 5.

A-spuh aluminumspray. cup I8 is fitted onto the upper end IQ of an aluminum shower pipe 20. An ordinary .type'garden hose having. a threaded outer end (not shown) is attached to the plastic fitting 2| at the outwardly curved lower end of said shower pipe 20 and secured thereto by the internally threaded plastic coupling 22 slidably carried on the lower end of said shower pipe.

The lower end of said shower pipe 20 is attached to the outer face 9 or 9a of one of the supporting standards ID by a pair of bands 23 that extend through provided pairs of slots 24 in said standard.

Near the lower end of body It is an opening 25 provided with a spur type grommet drain ring 26, said ring is adapted to receive a cork stopper 21 for closing opening 25 when it is desired to retain water in body Hi. When it is desired to remove waste water from said body, cork 21 is removed from ring 26 and water flows through opening 25.

To fold, pack, and remove this wading pool when completed, it is simply necessary to unsnap grommets l5 of body Hi from studs I! of rails 5. The canvas body can then be folded and put away.

Rails 5 are raised upwardly so that notches 6 and 6a disengage tongues 1 and la formed at the upper ends 8 of each face 9 and 9a of the standards In.

The four corner seats I I are then removed from the upper faces of rails 5, and the seats, rails and standards are packed away.

It may be advisable to also remove spray cup 3 from the shower pipe to prevent any damage to same.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even thou h there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A portable outdoor wading pool comprising a rectangular collapsible frame, standards at each corner of the frame, studs provided on the inner face of said frame, an open collapsible body, 10

grommets provided on the upper border of said body engaging said studs, an upwardly extending shower pipe, means for securing said pipe to one of the standards, a spray cup carried by the upper end of said shower pipe, a hose coupling at the 15 lower end of said shower pipe for attaching a garden hose thereto, and diagonal bracing members carried by said frame at each corner thereof forming seats.

2. A collapsible wading pool comprising a frame P composed of angle iron frame members, said angle iron members having an external bead at the junction of their legs, corner posts for the frames, interfitting connecting means between the ends of the frame members and the corner posts to support the frame in a horizontal position on the posts, a collapsible open body, and interfitting connecting means between the body and the frame.

3. A collapsible wading pool comprising a frame composed of angle iron frame members, said members having openings at their ends, angle iron corner posts, tongues struck upwardly from the I bers, said angle members being provided with openings adjacent each end thereof, notches provided in said angle members underlying said openings, corner post of angle iron construction for the frame, a pair of tongues carried by each leg of saidcorner post engaging the openings and notches in said angle members, and a collapsible body removably secured to said frame.

PARKER K. SMITH.

, MORITZ NAPPE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 25 file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 951,574 ONeill Marf8, 1910 80 1,662,121 Moncrieff 7 Mar. 13, 1928 1,738,017 Phillips Dec. 3, 1929 1,937,935 Zimmerman Dec. 5, 1933

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