Spa cover support assembly

A spa cover support assembly for use with a spa having side walls with top surfaces defining a generally horizontal plane for slidably supporting a removable spa cover, said spa cover support assembly comprising:

• a plurality of support arms, each having an upper end and a bottom end, in parallel juxtaposed relationship, each pivotally attached at its bottom end to the same spa side wall for pivotal rotation of the said upper ends of said support arms through parallel arcs from a point above and adjacent to said side wall to a point away from said side wall at a point where said upper ends are within the generally horizontal plane defined by the top surfaces of the side walls, and at a distance away from the side wall wherein the center of gravity of a spa cover supported between the side wall to which the lower ends of said support arms are pivotally attached and the upper ends of the support arms will fall between the side wall and the upper ends of said support arms;
• means for supporting a spa cover attached to the upper ends of said support arms;
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• pivot bias means for holding the support arms in a generally vertically position when not supporting said hot tub cover, and for permitting arcuate rotation of the upper ends of said support arms when said spa cover is slid from the top surfaces of the side walls unto the horizontal support bar.