US 9,861,236 B2Granted

Towel warmer for use in conjunction with a hot tub

OwnerAllen L Carl, David DiGiulio +1inventors

InventorsAllen L Carl, David DiGiulio, Anthony Farinella

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Abstract

A retrofittable towel warmer for use with a hot tub preferably comprises a flexible conduit portion which is attachable to one of the jets of the hot tub together with a rigid thermally conductive portion which is detachably mountable on an exterior mast support. There is also preferably provided an exterior housing surrounding the thermally conductive portion designed to provide maximum thermal contact with the cloth material to be heated. The entire unit may be immersed in the hot tub or pool water when not in use. In an alternate embodiment a container having a thermally absorptive medium is provided in a structure which is easily mounted on the mast. In an alternate embodiment a container having a thermally absorptive medium is provided in a structure which is easily mounted on a supporting mast.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A warmer for use in conjunction with a hot tub holding heated water, said warmer comprising:

a first compartment, permanently sealed against water entry, said first compartment comprising thermally conductive material and being filled with thermally absorptive material, said thermally absorptive material being selected from the group consisting of:
rocks, oil and sand;
a second, water tight compartment for receiving an object to be warmed, said second compartment being disposed so as to be in thermal contact with said first compartment;
a removable cover for releasably sealing said second compartment, for preventing water entry into said second compartment, wherein the second compartment surrounds an outer surface of the first compartment and wherein the first compartment defines a passage therethrough for water flow through the warmer, the warmer being configured to be placed in the heated water of the hot tub thereby warming the object received in the second compartment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/183,672Filed 19 Feb 2014 · division
Priority: 30 Jun 2006
Published: US 2015/0230671 A120 Aug 2015
Granted: 9 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

A47K 10/06
Towel racks; Towel rails; Towel rods; Towel rolls, e.g. rotatable: combined with means for drying towels
A61H 33/60
Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes: components specifically designed for the therapeutic baths of groups A61H33/00
E04H 4/14
Swimming or splash baths or pools: parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for
F28D 1/0477
The conduits being bent, e.g. in a serpentine or zig-zag: the conduits being bent in a serpentine or zig-zag

Family

Application11/480,011Parent of this division · filed 30 Jun 2006
US 8,732,870 B2Parent of this division · filed 27 May 2014
US 2015/0230671 A1Pre-grant publication · published 20 Aug 2015
US 2017/0325639 A9Pre-grant publication · published 16 Nov 2017
US 2008/0000021 A1Published application
US 9,861,236 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.