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US 6,880,182 B2Granted
Spa apparatus
AssigneeEuropean Touch Holdings, Inc.
InventorDavid J. Gruenwald
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Abstract
A spa apparatus and method for cleaning the same. The spa apparatus includes a basin for retaining fluid, a removable foot rest plate positioned within the basin, an impeller coupled to the basin, and a motor drivably coupled to the impeller.
Claims31
A spa apparatus comprising:
- a basin for directly retaining fluid;
- a foot rest plate removably positioned within the basin, the foot rest plate including a plurality of openings and at least one area without openings;
- an impeller coupled to the basin, the impeller remaining coupled to the basin when the foot rest plate is removed from within the basin, the impeller moving the fluid without pipes;
- and
- a motor drivably coupled to the impeller, wherein the foot rest plate comprises at least a first nozzle system configured to direct fluid in a non-vertical direction, the first nozzle system including at least a first opening.
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A spa apparatus comprising:
- a basin for directly retaining fluid;
- a foot rest elate removably positioned within the basin, the foot rest plate including a plurality of openings and at least one area without openings;
- an impeller coupled to the basin, the impeller remaining coupled to the basin when the foot rest elate is removed from within the basin, the impeller moving the fluid without pipes;
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- a motor drivably coupled to the impeller, wherein the foot rest plate is substantially non-perforated.
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A spa apparatus comprising:
- a basin for retaining fluid;
- a foot rest plate removably positioned within the basin, the foot rest plate including a plurality of openings and at least one area without openings;
- an impeller coupled to the basin;
- a motor drivably coupled to the impeller;
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- an automatic switch that controls operation of the motor;
- wherein the automatic switch at least temporarily prevents operation of the motor when the foot rest plate is at least partially moved out of position from within the basin.
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A spa apparatus comprising:
- a basin for retaining fluid;
- a foot rest plate removably positioned within the basin, the foot rest plate including a plurality of openings and at least one area without openings;
- an impeller coupled to the basin;
- a motor drivably coupled to the impeller;
- an automatic switch that controls operation of the motor;
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- a screen positioned over the foot rest plate, where the screen is removable without the use of a tool.
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A spa comprising:
- a basin for retaining a liquid fluid, the basin having a floor;
- a foot plate operatively sealed to the basin below the fluid with a seal member located between the foot plate and the basin;
- a first region defined by an area between the foot plate and the floor of the basin, the foot plate having an intake opening and at least one output opening, the first region being entirely filled with the fluid;
- an impeller located adjacent an intake opening in the top surface and being located between a top surface of the foot plate and the floor of the basin and configured to draw fluid through the intake opening into the first region and to force the fluid out of the first region through the output opening.
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A spa comprising:
- a basin for retaining a liquid fluid, the basin having a floor;
- a foot plate operatively sealed to the basin below the fluid;
- a first region defined by an area between the foot plate and the floor of the basin, the foot plate having an intake opening and at least one output opening, the first region being entirely filled with the fluid;
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- an impeller located adjacent an intake opening in the toy surface and being located between a top surface of the foot plate and the floor of the basin and configured to draw fluid through the intake opening into the first region and to force the fluid out of the first region through the output opening, wherein the foot plate includes at least one support surface configured to support a user's foot and at least one downwardly extending wall from the support surface;
- and a seal located between the downwardly extending wall and the basin.
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A water spa comprising:
- a basin configured to hold water;
- a removable foot rest plate having an upper surface and operatively secured to the basin below the free surface of the water, the foot rest plate including an inlet opening and at least one output opening;
- a pump configured to draw water through the inlet opening into a region below the foot rest plate and to distribute the water to the output opening under a pressure greater than the fluid pressure of the water above the foot rest plate,
- a seal being located between the foot rest plate and the basin;
- the pump including an impeller that is surrounded by a duct;
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- wherein the foot rest plate includes a depressed region about the output opening to prohibit contact of the output opening with a user's foot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.