Built-In Air Pump Assembly
AssigneeSun Pleasure Company Limited
InventorsVincent W.S. Lau, Shouguo Long
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Abstract
A pump assembly is provided for use with an inflatable product. The inflatable product has a chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet. The pump assembly has a pump unit that is positioned inside the chamber for inflating and deflating the chamber, the pump unit having a motor that is operatively coupled to a first blower and a second blower, with the first blower is fluidly coupled to the air inlet and the second blower is fluidly coupled to the air outlet. The chamber is inflated by intake of air through the air inlet to the first blower and then into the chamber, and the chamber is deflated by drawing air from the chamber to the second blower and then out of the chamber through the air outlet.
Claims18
An inflatable product, comprising:
- a chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet;
- a pump assembly having a pump unit positioned inside the chamber for inflating and deflating the chamber, the pump unit having a motor that is operatively coupled to a first blower and a second blower, wherein the first blower is fluidly coupled to the air inlet and the second blower is fluidly coupled to the air outlet;
- wherein the chamber is inflated by intake of air through the air inlet to the first blower and then into the chamber, and the chamber is deflated by drawing air from the chamber to the second blower and then out of the chamber through the air outlet.
A method of inflating an inflatable product that has a chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet, comprising:
- providing a pump assembly having a pump unit positioned inside the chamber for inflating and deflating the chamber, the pump unit having a motor that is operatively coupled to a first blower and a second blower, wherein the first blower is fluidly coupled to the air inlet and the second blower is fluidly coupled to the air outlet;
- opening the air inlet while maintaining the air outlet sealed;
- and
- turning on the motor to draw ambient air through the air inlet to the first blower and then into the chamber.
A method of deflating an inflatable product that has a chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet, comprising:
- providing a pump assembly having a pump unit positioned inside the chamber for inflating and deflating the chamber, the pump unit having a motor that is operatively coupled to a first blower and a second blower, wherein the first blower is fluidly coupled to the air inlet and the second blower is fluidly coupled to the air outlet;
- opening the air outlet while maintaining the air inlet sealed;
- and
- turning on the motor to draw air from the chamber through the second blower and then out of the chamber through the air outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.