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 at least one motor that is operatively coupled to a first blower and a second blower, with the first blower fluidly coupled to the air inlet and the second blower 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.
Claims12
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 at least one 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;
- the pump assembly further including an intake knob that controls the air inlet and an exhaust knob that controls the air outlet, wherein turning the intake knob will control both the at least one motor and the opening of the air inlet, and turning the exhaust knob will control both the at least one motor and the opening of the air outlet;
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- wherein the chamber is inflated by turning the intake knob to actuate the at least one motor and facilitate intake of air through the air inlet to the first blower and then into the chamber, and the chamber is deflated by turning the exhaust knob to actuate the at least one motor and facilitate drawing air from the chamber to the second blower and then out of the chamber through the air outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.