Swimming pool deck jet system and associated methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10077569-B2
Application number	US-201615345617-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2016
Priority date	Nov 9, 2015
Publication date	Sep 18, 2018
Grant date	Sep 18, 2018

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments are directed to deck jet systems including an adjustable cover and flexible finishing cap. The deck jet systems include a housing with threads formed on an inner surface of the housing. The deck jet systems include an adjustment ring with threads formed on an outer surface of the adjustment ring complementary to the threads of the housing. The deck jet systems include an adjustable cover, the bottom surface of the adjustable cover being inserted into the proximal end of the housing and supported by a top surface of the adjustment ring. Engagement of the threads of the housing and the adjustment ring and rotation of the adjustment ring relative to the housing can vary an elevation of the adjustment ring relative to the housing which, in turn, varies an elevation of the adjustable cover relative to the housing. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to methods of adjusting a deck jet system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A deck jet system, comprising:
a housing including an inner surface, an outer surface, a proximal end and a distal end, the inner surface of the housing including threads formed thereon;
an adjustment ring including an inner surface, an outer surface, and a top surface, the outer surface of the adjustment ring including threads complementary to the threads of the housing; and
an adjustable cover including a top surface and a bottom surface;
wherein the bottom surface of the adjustable cover is inserted into the proximal end of the housing with the bottom surface of the adjustable cover supported by the top surface of the adjustment ring;
wherein engagement of the threads of the housing and the adjustment ring and rotation of the adjustment ring relative to the housing varies an elevation of the adjustment ring relative to the housing; and
wherein variation of the elevation of the adjustment ring relative to the housing varies an elevation of the adjustable cover relative to the housing.

2. The deck jet system of claim 1 , wherein the housing is configured to be installed within a concrete deck.

3. The deck jet system of claim 2 , wherein variation of the elevation of the adjustable cover relative to the housing aligns the top surface of the adjustable cover with surrounding surfaces of the concrete deck.

4. The deck jet system of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment ring comprises a plurality of protrusions circumferentially formed on and extending from the inner surface of the adjustment ring.

5. The deck jet system of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of protrusions provide a gripping surface for rotating the adjustment ring relative to the housing.

6. The deck jet system of claim 4 , wherein one of the plurality of protrusions provides a visual marker indicating a rotational position of the adjustment ring relative to the housing.

7. The deck jet system of claim 1 , wherein rotation of the adjustment ring relative to the housing incrementally varies the elevation of the adjustment ring relative to the housing.

8. The deck jet system of claim 1 , wherein rotation of the adjustment ring relative to the housing incrementally varies the elevation of the adjustment ring relative to the proximal end of the housing.

9. The deck jet system of claim 1 , wherein the elevation of the adjustable cover relative to the housing includes (a) a vertical component with a magnitude greater than zero and (b) a horizontal component with a magnitude of at least zero.

10. The deck jet system of claim 1 , wherein the elevation of the adjustable cover relative to the housing includes (a) a horizontal component with a magnitude greater than zero and (b) a vertical component.

11. A method of adjusting a deck jet system, comprising:
providing a deck jet system including (i) a housing including an inner surface, an outer surface, a proximal end and a distal end, the inner surface of the housing including threads formed thereon, (ii) an adjustment ring including an inner surface, an outer surface, and a top surface, the outer surface of the adjustment ring including threads complementary to the threads of the housing, and (iii) an adjustable cover including a top surface and a bottom surface;
engaging the threads of the housing and the adjustment ring;
rotating the adjustment ring relative to the housing to vary an elevation of the adjustment ring relative to the housing;
inserting the bottom surface of the adjustable cover into the proximal end of the housing with the bottom surface of the adjustable cover being supported by the top surface of the adjustment ring;
wherein variation of the elevation of the adjustment ring relative to the housing varies an elevation of the adjustable cover relative to the housing.

12. The method of claim 10 , comprising installing the housing within a concrete deck.

13. The method of claim 12 , comprising varying the elevation of the adjustable cover relative to the housing by rotating the adjustment ring relative to the housing to align the top surface of the adjustable cover with surrounding surfaces of the concrete deck.

Assignees

• Hayward Ind Inc

Inventors

• Marshall Brian D
• Smith Jacob Cody

Classifications

• E04H4/14 Primary

  Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• E04H4/0075

  made of concrete (E04H4/0012 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B05B15/652

  whereby the jet can be oriented · CPC title

• E04H4/169

  Pool nozzles · CPC title