Patent ID: 9066634
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A47K,A61H,B23B,E03C

Abstract:
1. An air jet for a bathing vessel for holding bathing water, comprising: a body portion defining a hollow main body portion having an interior opening, and a connection portion having an air passageway in communication with the interior opening, the connection portion including at least one connection port for attachment to a hose carrying pressurized air, and a flange portion including a flange portion defining a recessed mount surface inside a peripheral lip surrounding a recess, the peripheral lip at a mounting surface side of the body portion and defining a lip edge configured to contact a wall of the vessel, with a plurality of open regions defined in the peripheral lip to allow excess adhesive applied to the mount surface within the recess to escape during installation of the air jet to the wall of the vessel; wherein the body portion is a unitary one-piece structure without requiring separate multi-piece portions assembled with annular seals or threads; a nozzle member constructed as a separate structure from the unitary one-piece structure of the body portion, the nozzle member configured to be fitted into the interior opening from the mounting surface side of the body portion and seated against a shoulder surface within the interior opening defined by the body portion, the nozzle member having a nozzle orifice and nozzle tip protruding into the recess, the nozzle orifice configured for concentric mounting relative to a single tub hole formed in the wall of the vessel to allow pressurized air to pass from the connection port through the central opening and directly through the nozzle orifice into the single tub hole and into the interior of the vessel, the nozzle tip configured to be in contact with the wall of the vessel surrounding the hole during the installation to prevent flow of adhesive into the hole during the installation, and wherein the nozzle member is fixed in position within the separate unitary structure of the body portion during use.