US20100146695A1 - Floating station for aquatic exercises - Google Patents

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US20100146695A1
US20100146695A1 US11/993,618 US99361806A US2010146695A1 US 20100146695 A1 US20100146695 A1 US 20100146695A1 US 99361806 A US99361806 A US 99361806A US 2010146695 A1 US2010146695 A1 US 2010146695A1
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Dung Hoan Tuan
Pierre-Louis Desjoyaux
Jean-Paul Saccucci
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H4/00—Swimming or splash baths or pools
    • E04H4/0012—Floating swimming pools
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
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    • B63B29/18—Arrangements or adaptations of swimming pools

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  • the invention relates to the technical field of swimming pools.
  • the problem which the invention aims to solve is to create a delimited aquatic area to allow individuals to move around in complete safety.
  • the invention has an especially advantageous application for diving in lakes, in the sea, etc. for leisure, teaching or training purposes or for swimming.
  • the sought after object of the invention is therefore to enable any person to carry out aquatic exercise in deep water (lakes, sea, etc.), especially diving, regardless of the time of year, atmospheric conditions, even if the water is murky and even at night using submersed lighting powered by low voltage (12 volts).
  • a floating station for aquatic exercise comprising a floating frame subjected to the action of means of stabilising and anchoring relative to a body of water
  • said frame being attached to a liner made of PVC or other material in order to constitute a submersed structure capable of allowing movement of at least one person, said liner advantageously being subjected to the action of a filtration system.
  • the means of stabilising and anchoring consist of a boat to which the floating frame is attached or of a traditional anchorage.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the lock chamber according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-section showing how the lock chamber is installed in a body of water
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view equivalent to FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view of one preferred embodiment of the station.
  • FIG. 5 is a longitudinal cross-section along line 5 - 5 in FIG. 4 ;
  • FIG. 6 is a larger scale longitudinal cross-section of one of the sides of the frame of the station.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing an alternative embodiment in the form of a double floating station
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing the linking of several different floating-station liners by using a lock chamber
  • FIG. 9 is a partial view showing one embodiment of the filtration system installed with the ability to move in order to adapt itself to the level of the water;
  • FIG. 10 shows an embodiment for emptying the liner
  • FIG. 11 shows an embodiment for adjusting the level of the water in the liner and avoiding subjecting it to tension.
  • the invention has an especially advantageous application for carrying out any exercises in deep water, especially in lakes, sea, etc. and has the objective of delimiting a secured area in order to overcome problems associated with lack of visibility, especially when the water is particularly murky.
  • One advantageous application merely by way of example, is underwater diving carried out in particular for training purposes.
  • a floating station capable of being installed temporarily at any location in the body of water (P) in question has been designed.
  • This station comprises a frame ( 1 ) made of a material and/or designed to float on the body of water (P).
  • Frame ( 1 ) acts as a floating platform and has any geometrical shape whatsoever, for example quadrangular ( FIG. 1 ) or any other shapes, especially octagonal ( FIG. 4 ).
  • each side of frame ( 1 ) constitutes a floating watertight tank.
  • each tank may consist of extruded straight sections ( 5 ) which constitute the longitudinal edges of the tank in question.
  • Each section has features for fitting a covering ( 6 ) in the form, for instance, of a duckboard.
  • the interior of the tank thus produced is equipped with a floating material ( 7 ), in the form of foam for example.
  • At least one of the sides of frame ( 1 ) has features for fastening various accessories such as a ladder, parasol, barrier, etc.
  • the frame ( 1 ) is joined, by any known appropriate means, to a liner ( 2 ) made of PVC or other material so as to constitute a structure which is immersed in the body of water (P).
  • liner ( 2 ) The dimensions of liner ( 2 ) are chosen so as to enable the movement of at least one person and, generally speaking, several persons.
  • the liner may be 1 to 7 metres high approximately and, if the liner is square, it may have a side length of approximately 4 to 8 metres.
  • liner ( 2 ) may have a platform ( 8 ) which acts as a bottom and is fitted so as to allow height adjustment in order to vary, consequently, the depth of the liner ( FIG. 5 ).
  • this platform ( 8 ) is subjected to the action of a pulley system ( 9 ) or other system ( FIG. 5 ).
  • liner ( 2 ) may have double wall in order to allow circulation of a heat transfer fluid.
  • the bottom of liner ( 2 ) is subjected to the action of a draining system ( 10 ) connected via a flexible pipe ( 11 ) to a floating means ( 12 ) capable of drawing in water at the surface of the water contained in liner ( 2 ).
  • draining system ( 10 ) as such is connected to any means of suction.
  • FIG. 11 shows one solution.
  • the bottom of liner ( 2 ) is connected via hose ( 13 ) to a floating unit ( 14 ).
  • This floating unit ( 14 ) has an inspection trap so that it communicates with drain hose ( 13 ) via a clack valve system ( 15 ).
  • liner ( 2 ) is subjected to the action of a filtration system ( 4 ).
  • the filtration system ( 4 ) is of any appropriate type familiar to those skilled in the art and designed to make it possible to filter the water contained in the liner.
  • this filtration system ( 4 ) consists of a filter assembly ( 4 a ) submersed in the water in liner ( 2 ) and connected to a pump assembly.
  • This pump assembly may be outside the liner or in the form of a submersible pump which has a low-voltage power supply.
  • filter assembly ( 4 a ) is mounted on support ( 16 ) with the ability to move in order to adapt itself to the water level automatically.
  • the result is that the water inside the liner is not murky, in contrast to the mass of water into which the liner is immersed, and it also possible to temper the mass of water.
  • part of frame ( 1 ) may have means of mooring to the boat.
  • the possibility of using traditional anchoring is not excluded.
  • the liner in particular may be illuminated by any lighting system.
  • the liners ( 2 ) of several floating stations in accordance with the invention may communicate with each other by means of a lock chamber ( 17 ).

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  • Medicines Containing Material From Animals Or Micro-Organisms (AREA)
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FR0551730A FR2887514B1 (fr) 2005-06-23 2005-06-23 Sas pour exercice aquatique
FR0551730 2005-06-23
PCT/FR2006/050347 WO2006136744A2 (fr) 2005-06-23 2006-04-13 Station flottante pour exercices aquatiques

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