Retractable rotating spa speaker system
AssigneeB & S Plastics, Inc.
InventorRuben J. Lerma
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Abstract
A spa speaker apparatus having a housing with a speaker mounted therein, wherein the speaker can be extended and retracted with respect to the housing and the speaker is also rotatable within the housing. A system for providing audio to a spa is also disclosed. The system comprises a spa having walls and at least one speaker unit mounted to a spa wall. Each of the speaker units is capable of receiving an audio signal, and generating sound towards the occupants of the spa. Each of the speaker units comprises a speaker that is individually retractable to be hidden behind the spa wall and extendible from the spa wall. Each of the speakers is also rotatable within the spa wall to direct the speaker sound.
Claims25
A spa apparatus, comprising:
- a first housing comprising a generally circular cross-section;
- a second housing comprising a circular interior complementing the circular cross-section of said first housing, said first housing mounted within said interior of said second housing;
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- a mechanism enabling said first housing to be retracted into and extended from said housing,
- wherein said circular interior of said second housing enables said first housing to freely rotate within said second housing.
A spa system comprising:
- a spa;
- a wall in said spa;
- a first housing comprising a generally circular cross-section;
- a second housing comprising a circular interior complementing the circular cross-section of said first housing, said first housing mounted within said interior of said second housing, said second housing mounted within said wall;
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- a mechanism enabling said first housing to be retracted into and extended from said second housing and said wall and enabling said first housing to be rotated.
A spa apparatus, comprising:
- a first housing comprising a generally circular cross-section;
- a second housing comprising a circular interior complementing the circular cross-section of said first housing, said first housing mounted within said interior of said second housing, said second housing mountable within a wall of a spa;
- a support stage integral to said first housing and movable within said second housing;
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- an audio or visual component rotatably mounted to said stage, wherein movement of said stage within said second housing causes said audio or visual component to at least partially extend from said second housing and retract within said second housing, and said stage also adapted to allow said audio or visual component to rotate.
A spa speaker system, comprising:
- a spa;
- a wall in said spa;
- a stage;
- a plurality of audio or visual components mounted within said wall, each of said components mounted in a respective first housing with a substantially circular cross-section, with said first housing mounted in a circular interior of a respective second housing, said first housing further rotatably mounted on said stage enabling each of said mounted components to be rotated on a longitudinal axis independent of each of the other said components;
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- a mechanism enabling each of said components to be retracted into said wall and extended from said wall independent of each of the other said components;
- wherein the cylindrical interior of said second housing enables said first housing to freely rotate on said longitudinal axis within said second housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.