Reusable Pool Coping Mold With Locking Brackets for Easy Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing concrete form assemblies for swimming pool copings require continuous molding platforms and blocks, lips that pinch but do not lock, and necessitate a special tool for removal, making them cumbersome and costly.
Innovation Solution
A reusable mold system with detachable brackets and securing members that lock into a liner receiver, allowing easy installation and removal without special tools, and using materials resistant to water degradation for longevity and weight reduction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If continuous molding platforms and blocks are used to form pool copings, then the structural integrity and continuity of the coping is improved, but the device complexity and material usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the continuous molding platform into separate, discrete platform sections that can be individually positioned and secured. Each platform section supports independent molding blocks, allowing the system to achieve continuous coping formation through multiple discrete units rather than a single continuous structure. This segmentation reduces material usage and simplifies installation while maintaining structural integrity through proper joining of sections.
2Stability of the object's composition
If lips are designed to pinch the receiver track for positioning, then the positioning stability is improved, but the removal process requires special tools increasing operation difficulty
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs lips that can dynamically transition between a pinned position during installation and a released position for removal. The lips are designed to engage with and pinch the receiver track during the molding process to ensure precise positioning, but can be manually manipulated to release and fold away, allowing the entire molding system to be easily removed from the formed coping without requiring special extraction tools.
3Stability of the object's composition
If molding platforms extend continuously about the pool periphery, then the coping continuity is improved, but the weight and shipping costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the continuous molding platform into multiple separate platform sections that can be individually manufactured, transported, and assembled. Each section is a discrete unit with manageable weight and dimensions, allowing for easier shipping and handling. The sections are designed to join together to form a continuous molding surface around the pool periphery, achieving coping continuity without requiring a single heavy continuous platform.
4Manufacturing precision
If a special removal tool is required to extract the molding system, then the positioning precision during formation is improved, but the operation complexity and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs lips that can dynamically transition between a pinned position during installation and a released position for removal. The lips are designed to engage with and pinch the receiver track during the molding process to ensure precise positioning, but can be manually manipulated to release and fold away, allowing the entire molding system to be easily removed from the formed coping without requiring special extraction tools.
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AI summary
A reusable pool mold for forming a swimming pool coping or overhang above a peripheral portion of pool water in accordance with the present invention includes multiple bracket members detachably secured to a liner receiver for a swimming pool. Each bracket having a lower portion of an outer vertical member integrally joined to an outer portion of a horizontal member, and having an inner portion of said horizontal member integrally joined to an upper portion of an inner vertical member. Each bracket member includes a securing member for detachably securing a bracket member to the liner receiver. The pool mold includes a form member that continuously extends above a water portion of a swimming pool; the form member receiving deformable material that ultimately solidifies, whereupon, the form member and brackets are removed from the solidified material to reveal a configured coping or overhang continuously extending above a peripheral portion of water inside the swimming pool.