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A swimming pool cover assembly is provided which can easily be installed and removed, and which is adapted to be supported above the surface of the pool without bulky reinforcing or structural members. The swimming pool cover assembly includes an air impervious cover member having dimensions greater

A swimming pool cover assembly is provided which can easily be installed and removed, and which is adapted to be supported above the surface of the pool without bulky reinforcing or structural members. The swimming pool cover assembly includes an air impervious cover member having dimensions greater than the dimensions of the pool so as to span the pool, an anchor assembly disposed about the perimeter of the pool for securing the cover member over the pool and forming fluid-tight seal therebetween, and a blower assembly for supplying a sufficient volume of air so that a cushion of air is formed between the cover member and the water in the pool for maintaining the cover member in an elevated positioned relative to the surface of the water in the pool.

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A swimming pool cover assembly comprising a. an air impervious cover member adapted to span the pool, the cover member having an inlet opening in one end portion thereof and dimensions greater than the dimensions of the pool; b. anchor means disposed about the perimeter of the pool for securing the

A swimming pool cover assembly comprising a. an air impervious cover member adapted to span the pool, the cover member having an inlet opening in one end portion thereof and dimensions greater than the dimensions of the pool; b. anchor means disposed about the perimeter of the pool for securing the cover member over the pool and for forming a substantially air-tight seal with the cover member, the anchor means comprising: (1) a stationary backup element secured to the deck perimeter about the pool, the backup element having a securement plate and a pair of spatially disposed tab engaging members extending from the securement plate and cooperating with the securement plate to form a locking cavity therebetween; and (2) a cover locking element having a cover plate and a pair of spatially disposed locking tabs extending therefrom and angularly disposed in a diverging direction and positionable within the locking cavity for locking engagement with the tab engaging members of the backup element so that when a portion of the cover member is positioned therebetween and the locking element is disposed within the cover locking cavity a substantially fluid-tight seal is formed therebetween, the cover locking element further comprising a third locking tab extending from the cover plate and spatially disposed from one of the locking tabs, the third locking tab and the adjacently disposed locking tab cooperating to define a tab receiving cavity adapted to receive one of the tab engaging members of the backup element; and c. blower means connected to the cover member via the inlet opening for producing a sufficient volume of air to provide a cushion of air between water in the pool and the cover member and to support the cover member in an elevated position relative to the surface of the pool.