Patent ID: 9714517
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: A61H,E04H

Claim:
1. A cover for a hot tub having an open top end and at least one peripheral side wall, the cover comprising: at least one deck that includes a rigid frame surrounded by a foam material, the frame and foam material covered on a top side and side edges thereof with a water barrier, a bottom side of the deck covered with a first water impervious web, the foam material including a plurality of foam beams each mutually separated and including a plurality of notches formed in a top surface thereof; and a skirt made from a second water impervious web and fixed proximate to at least one of the side edges of the deck and extending down to cover at least a portion of the at least one peripheral wall of the hot tub when the cover is fixed over the open top end of the hot tub; whereby with the deck laying over the top end of the hot tub and the skirt extending down to cover at least a portion of the at least one peripheral wall of the hot tub, heat from the hot tub radiates through spaces between the foam beams and notches to heat the top side of the hot tub to melt any snow or ice on the cover.