US Patent Issued to Wilbar International, Avient on April 22 for "Swimming pool with composite wall" (New York, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,489, issued on April 22, was assigned to Wilbar International Inc. (Hauppauge, N.Y.) and Avient Corp. (Avon Lake, Ohio).

"Swimming pool with composite wall" was invented by Steven Cohen (Locust Valley, N.Y.), Jonathan Spiegel (Avon Lake, Ohio), David Vallee (Avon Lake, Ohio), Benjamin Pilpel (Avon Lake, Ohio), Patrick Masterson Inman (Kings Park, N.Y.) and John H. Hornickel (Avon Lake, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swimming pool wall, and method for forming same, including a plurality of layers of reinforced composite material. Each layer includes a thermoplastic resin and a plurality of elongate glass strands of reinforcing m...