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US 6,516,070 B2Granted
Spa audio system operable with a remote control
AssigneeWatkins Manufacturing Corporation
InventorStephen S. Macey
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Abstract
A portable spa including an audio system designed to use the spa shell as the sound generating device. Transducer devices are mounted within an enclosure which is bonded to the spa shell so as to couple the sound vibration energy to the shell so that sound can be heard when using the spa.
Claims18
In a spa having a flexible shell for holding water, an audio system using the flexible shell of the spa as a speaker, comprising:
- a) a first transceiver coupled to a source of audio signal and being disposed at a location other than said spa;
- b) a second transceiver coupled to an input of an amplifier, the amplifier having an output;
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- c) an audio transducer having an enclosure closed at a first end and open at a second end, the enclosure attached to an outer portion of the spa shell by its first end, and a transducer mounted in the enclosure for coupling sound vibration energy to the spa shell through the first end of the enclosure, the transducer being coupled to the output of the amplifier.
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In a spa having a flexible shell for holding water and a main control for controlling functions of the spa, an audio system for the spa comprising:
- a) a first transceiver coupled to a home stereo system;
- b) a second transceiver coupled to the main control;
- c) an amplifier having an input coupled to the main control and having an output;
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- d) an audio transducer having an enclosure closed at a first end and open at a second end, the enclosure attached to an outer portion of the spa shell, and a transducer mounted in the enclosure for coupling sound vibration energy to the spa shell through the first end of the enclosure, the transducer being coupled to the output of the amplifier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.