Patent · US Expired

Portable platform lift structure for swimming pool and spa tanks

US4996728A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
16References
10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 16, 1989
Grant dateMar 5, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 16, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S414/134
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Portable lift structure for moving a support platform between a comparatively dry position above the surrounding deck of a liquid spa tank to a wetting position in the spa tank including two longitudinally extending structural members pivotally connected at corresponding top ends thereof to be moved between a portable and operating positions, one structural member serving as a mast to be removably mounted in the spa tank deck and the other as a platform mount, to be pivoted from above the surrounding spa tank deck to a position above the spa tank and lowered by a hydraulic cylinder and piston to a wetting position.

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