ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,454, issued on July 15, was assigned to Intex Marketing Ltd. (Tortola, British Virgin Islands).
"Joint for above ground pool frame" was invented by Zhi Xiong Huang (Fujian, China), Ai Ming Tan (Fujian, China) and Yaw Yuan Hsu (Fujian, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An above ground frame pool is disclosed including a frame assembly and a liner supported by the frame assembly. The frame assembly includes a plurality of horizontal pipes, a plurality of vertical pipes, and a plurality of T-shaped joints. The joints may lack mechanical fasteners with adjacent pipes or corresponding apertures. The joints may be one-piece or multi-pie...