Pool and spa water hammock device and methods of use
AssigneeBullfrog International, LC
InventorsEric Hales, Mark McLane, Robert Santos, Richard Eddington
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a hammock for a user to rest thereon in the water of the spa. The hammock may include a proximal end with head support portion and one or more attachment means for connection to an anchor on the spa shell, and a distal end with one or more attachment means for connection to an anchor on the spa shell. One or more lateral coupling members may couple the hammock to the lateral sides of the spa, and one or more longitudinal coupling members may couple the hammock to a front side and/or back side of the spa. The longitudinal and lateral coupling members may support the hammock in the water to give the user a unique flotation experience.
Claims15
A spa user support system comprising:
- a swim spa comprising a shell, the shell comprising a front side, and a back side opposite the front side, with a first lateral side between the front side and the back side and a second lateral side opposite the first lateral side and between the front side and the back side;
- a first anchor and a second anchor attached to the back side;
- a third anchor attached to the first lateral side;
- a fourth anchor attached to the second lateral side;
- a fifth anchor and a sixth anchor attached to an interior wall of the front side;
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- a user support hammock, the user support hammock comprising a head support portion at a proximal end, the proximal end comprising a first attachment means at a first proximal corner for connection to the first anchor, and a second attachment means at a second proximal corner for connection to the second anchor,
- a distal end of the user support hammock opposite the proximal end, the distal end comprising a first attachment means at a first distal corner for connection to the third anchor of the first lateral side and the fifth anchor of the front side, and a second attachment means at a second distal corner for connection to the fourth anchor of the second lateral side and the sixth anchor of the front side.
A spa user support system comprising:
- a spa comprising a shell having a front side with at least one jet in connection therewith, and a back side opposite the front side, with a first lateral side between the front side and the back side and a second lateral side opposite the first lateral side and between the front side and the back side;
- a first anchor and a second anchor attached to the back side of the shell, a first distance between the first anchor and the second anchor;
- a third anchor and a fourth anchor attached to an interior wall of the front side of the shell;
- a fifth anchor attached to the first lateral side;
- a sixth anchor attached to the second lateral side;
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- a user support hammock comprising a head support portion at a first side, the user support hammock for supporting a user while the user floats in the water of the spa under a buoyant force of the water of the swim spa against the user, a first side of the user support hammock in connection with the first anchor and the second anchor,
- the first side of the user support hammock having a first width, the first width being less than the first distance between the first anchor and the second anchor to simulate a zero gravity flotation experience while the user floats in the water of the swim spa, and
- a second side of the user support hammock in connection with the third anchor and the fourth anchor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.