IP Library Granted Patent US 9,993,387
Granted Patent B2
US 9,993,387 · App. 15/187,084 · Granted Jun 12, 2018

Multi-pump hot tub plumbing system

Inventor: David E. Hatley (Gray, TN)
Assignee: LPI, Inc.
A61H33/0087A61H33/60A61H33/063A61H2033/022A61H2201/5002
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Patent No.
US 9,993,387
App. No.
15/187,084
Granted
Jun 12, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hot tub plumbing system including a plurality of water pumps respectively provided at different sides of a hot tub having a plurality of jets, and a plurality of manifolds each having an intake port coupled to one of the water pumps, and each configured to have a plurality of output ports respectively connected by tubing to one of the jets of the hot tub.

Claims (14)

1. A hot tub plumbing system, comprising:

a plurality of jets;

a plurality of water pumps respectively provided at different sides of a hot tub, the water pumps being configured to be powered by a 110-volt source and configured to pump water to different ones of the plurality of jets; and

a plurality of manifolds each having an intake port coupled to one of the water pumps such that each of the water pumps are connected to at least one of the manifolds, and each of the manifolds configured to have a plurality of output ports respectively connected by tubing to one of the jets of the hot tub;

wherein the water pumps and jets are arranged such that none of the water pumps pump water to any of the jets provided at an opposite side of the hot tub.

2. The hot tub plumbing system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of water pumps includes two water pumps provided on opposite sides of the hot tub.

3. The hot tub plumbing system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of water pumps includes four water pumps each provided at different sides of the hot tub.

4. The hot tub plumbing system of claim 1 , wherein the manifolds are each provided with two rows of output ports.

5. The hot tub plumbing system of claim 4 , wherein the two rows of output ports are substantially adjacent.

6. The hot tub plumbing system of claim 4 , wherein the two rows of output ports are provided at substantially opposite sides of the respective manifolds.

7. The hot tub plumbing system of claim 1 , wherein the output ports of the manifolds are angled away from the input ports of the respective manifolds.

8. The hot tub plumbing system of claim 7 , wherein the output ports are configured at approximately 45 degree angles to the manifold.

9. The hot tub plumbing system of claim 1 , wherein the water pumps are configured to be adjacent to a shell of the hot tub to minimize a distance between the pumps and the jets supplied with water by the water pumps.

10. The hot tub plumbing system of claim 1 , wherein the manifolds are attached directly to the respective water pumps.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2024
From: LPI HOLDCO INC.; LPI INC.; LPI SHOW NETWORK LLC; RECDIRECT INC.
To: FIRST MERCHANTS BANK
Reel/Frame 067393/0113 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2016
From: HATLEY, DAVID E
To: LPI, INC.
Reel/Frame 039005/0896 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62182174 · Jun 19, 2015
Related Publication 20170020780A1 · Jan 26, 2017