Above-Ground Pool Seat Frame With Grapples and Floor Legs

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing swimming pool devices lack a frame structure that securely attaches to the perimeter wall and floor of above-ground pools, providing a horizontal seating option for users learning to swim or needing support.

Innovation Solution

A frame composed of modular sections with grapples and legs, made of corrosion-resistant materials, is assembled over the perimeter wall and floor of above-ground pools, supporting a horizontally oriented seat for users to sit on.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a frame structure is added to provide seating support in above-ground pools, then user comfort and safety are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser safetyVSAvoidframe structure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The frame structure is divided into modular sections including grapples that attach to the perimeter wall and legs that extend to the pool floor. This segmentation allows the complex support structure to be assembled from simpler components while maintaining overall stability and safety

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The grapples are pre-configured to engage with the perimeter wall at specific angles and positions, establishing the horizontal orientation of the seat before the user enters the pool. This preliminary structural arrangement ensures safety without requiring complex real-time adjustments

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If corrosion resistant materials are used for the frame, then durability and reliability are improved, but manufacturing cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveframe durabilityVSAvoidmanufacturing cost

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The frame utilizes composite construction combining corrosion-resistant materials for critical components exposed to water (grapples, legs, seat support) with standard materials for non-critical elements. This selective material application maintains durability where needed while controlling manufacturing costs

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

3Ease of operation

If the seat is horizontally oriented over the water surface, then user comfort is improved, but structural stability becomes more difficult to achieve

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser comfortVSAvoidstructural stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The structural stability is achieved by transitioning from a two-dimensional seat plane to a three-dimensional support system. The grapples provide vertical support from the perimeter wall while legs provide horizontal stabilization from the pool floor, creating a stable horizontal seat orientation through multi-dimensional structural arrangement

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS12601196B2Swimming pool platform device

Publication Date: 2026.04.14 CLELAND ANDREW

AI summary

A swimming pool platform device includes an above ground swimming pool that has a perimeter wall defining an interior of the above ground swimming pool. A frame is provided which is comprised of a plurality of modular sections assembled to define a pair of grapples and a seat and a pair of legs. Each of the pair of grapples is extended over the perimeter wall of the above ground swimming pool having the seat being horizontally oriented and having each of the pair of legs abutting a floor of the above ground swimming pool. The frame is comprised of a corrosion resistant material. A panel is attached to the seat and a user can sit on the panel to facilitate the user to be supported in the swimming pool while the user is learning to swim.