Quick and easy bench and the hot tub cover platform
OwnerJohn Mooreinventor
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Abstract
A quick and easy bench and a hot tub cover platform. The bench top has three support braces: one left side, one center, and one right side. The bench top is hinged to a 2×4 on a wall. There is another 2×4 lower on the wall for the left, center, and right side braces to support the bench top. There are saddles on the bottom of the bench and a lower 2×4 on wall for the braces to support the bench. The top of the hot tub platform consists of 5-2×4's screwed to 4 stringers running perpendicular to the 5-2×4's and supported on the backside by 4 vertical 2×4's with a cross brace 2×4 at the bottom and top. The platform is attached to the hot tub skirt by a 2×4 screwed on the tub skirt.
Claims18
A collapsible bench comprising,
- a. a first support having a first end and a second end, wherein the first support is attached to a wall at a plurality of positions between the first end and second end;
- b. a bench top having a first end, a second end, a proximal side, and a distal side, wherein the distal side is hinged to the first support;
- c. a second support having a first end and a second end, wherein the second support is attached to the wall at a plurality of positions between the first end and second end, and wherein the second support is attached to the wall at a position below the first support;
- d. three upper saddles attached to an underside of the bench top, wherein the upper saddles are positioned toward the proximal side of the bench top;
- e. three lower saddles attached to the second support;
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- f. three hand set braces, each having a first end and a second end;
- wherein the first end of each hand set brace is configured to set in an upper saddle, and the second end of each hand set brace is configured to set in a lower saddle when the bench is in an up position;
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- wherein the bench is configured such that when the braces are removed the bench top collapses to a down position wherein the distal side of the bench top remains hinged to the first support on the wall.
A hot tub cover platform comprising,
- a. a top brace having a first end and a second end;
- b. a bottom brace having a first end and a second end;
- c. four vertical stringers each having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each vertical stringer is attached to the top brace at a position between the first and second end of the top brace, and wherein the second end of each vertical stringer is attached to the bottom brace at a position between the first and second end of the bottom brace;
- d. a ledger board having a first end and a second end, wherein the ledger board is configured to attach to a hot tub skirt at a plurality of attachment points between the first end and the second end;
- e. two horizontal stringers each having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each horizontal stringer is attached to a position between the first and second ends of a vertical stringer, and wherein the second end of each horizontal stringer is attached to a position between the first and second ends of the ledger board, such that each horizontal stringer extends from a vertical stringer to the ledger board;
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- f. a platform top comprising a plurality of top boards, each board having a first end and a second end, wherein each top board is mounted to a top side of each horizontal stringer at a position between the first end and second end of the top board, and wherein the top boards run perpendicular to the horizontal stringers;
- wherein the cover platform is configured such that the hot tub cover rests on the platform top when the hot tub cover is removed from the top of the hot tub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.