Adjustable mount for a spa cover lifting device
AssigneeJohn Cunerty
InventorJohn Cunerty
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Abstract
An adjustable lifting device for a spa cover has a frame for securing to the spa cover and at least one extendible mount for adjustably extending a distance between the frame of the lifting device and a mounting point on the housing of a spa. The extendible mount has an extendible member attached to the frame of the lifting device, and a mounting bracket adapted to be fixed at a mounting location on the housing of a spa. The extendible member is adjustably coupled to the mounting bracket.
Claims28
An adjustable mount for supporting a frame of a spa cover lifting device, the frame being movable between a first frame position wherein the spa cover generally covers a spa, and a second frame position wherein the spa cover is lifted from the spa, the adjustable mount comprising:
- a) a bracket having a flange for bearing against a flat mounting surface, the flange to fix the bracket adjacent a spa;
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- b) an extendible member having a connection portion adapted for attachment to a frame of a spa cover, the extendible member being displacedly coupled to the bracket for adjustably extending a distance between the connection portion and the bracket when mounting the frame to the spa, and wherein the connection portion of the extendible member is adapted to remain stationary when the frame is connected to the connection portion and moved between the first and second frame positions.
An adjustable mount for supporting a frame pivotable between first and second frame positions for uncovering and covering a spa, the adjustable mount comprising:
- a) a bracket having a flange for bearing against a flat mounting surface, the flange to fix the bracket adjacent a spa;
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- b) a pivot connection coupled to the bracket and adapted to be connected to the frame, the pivot connection defining a pivot axis about which the frame is adapted to pivot when connected to the pivot connection and moved between the first and second frame positions, the pivot connection being displaceable relative to the bracket for allowing selective positioning of the pivot axis relative to the bracket.
An adjustable lifting device for a spa cover, the device comprising:
- a) a frame adapted to be secured over at least a portion thereof to a spa cover, the frame movable between a first frame position wherein the spa cover generally covers a spa and a second frame position wherein the spa cover is lifted from the spa;
- b) a first bracket and a second bracket, each bracket adapted to be fixed adjacent opposing sides of the spa;
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- c) a first extendible member having a first connection portion attached to the frame, and a second extendible member having a second connection portion attached to the frame, each extendible member being displacedly coupled to the respective first and second brackets, respectively, for adjusting a spacing distance between each respective connection portion and the respective bracket when installing the lifting device at the spa, the first and second connection portions of the respective extendible members remaining generally stationary when the frame is moved between the first and second frame positions.
An adjustable lifting device for removing and replacing a spa cover from a spa, the device comprising:
- a) a frame adapted to be secured over at least a portion thereof to the spa cover, the frame movable between a first frame position wherein the spa cover generally covers the spa and a second frame position wherein the spa cover is lifted from the spa;
- b) a first bracket and a second bracket, each bracket adapted to be fixed adjacent opposing sides of the spa;
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- c) a first pivot connection coupled to the first bracket and a second pivot connection coupled to the second bracket, each pivot connection being connected to the frame, the first and second pivot connections defining a pivot axis about which the frame can pivot, each bracket being displaceable relative to each respective pivot connection for allowing selective positioning of the pivot axis relative to each respective bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.