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US 2003/0150054 A1Published application
Foldable spa cover and lift unit
OwnerE. Jess Tudorinventor
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Abstract
A combination foldable spa cover and lifting device including a folding spa cover with integral lifting sockets and a lifting device having a pair of first ends pivotally connectable to a spa structure, and second ends having engagement shafts keyed to the lifting sockets such that a folded spa cover is easily lifted and displaced to one side of the spa structure by pivot of the lifting device and transport of the folded spa cover.
Claims14
A foldable spa cover and lift unit for installation on a spa structure having sides and a top, the lift unit comprising:
- spa cover having first and second half-cover segments interconnected by a center fold;
- each half-cover segment having a top and sides;
- a spa cover lifting device having side arms pivotally connectable to opposite sides of the spa structure, the arms each having a distal end;
- and,
- an interconnection mechanism for pivotally connecting the side arms of the lifting device to the first half-cover segment of the spa cover adjacent to the center fold, wherein the interconnection mechanism includes a shaft assembly at the distal ends of the side arms and the first half-cover segment includes a socket assembly on opposite sides of the first half-cover segment, wherein the shaft assembly and socket assembly have releasable engagement means for realeaseably connecting the shaft assembly to the socket assembly for pivot of the spa cover to a storage position when the spa cover and lift unit is installed on a spa structure and the arms of the lift device are pivoted to the side of the spa structure.
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