Patent ID: 6842917

Claim:
An apparatus forming a spa cover lift, comprising: a column assembly having at least one column member which engages a supporting surface and extends upwardly at an approximately single position along the periphery of a spa; at least one pivoting arm assembly which is pivotally connected to said column assembly along a main pivot axis for pivot movement between a deployed position and a retracted position; said at least one pivoting arm assembly having a first extension which extends to a first side and a second extension which extends to a second side which is in opposing relationship to said first side; at least one extensible strut pivotally connected to said column assembly and pivotally connected to said at least one pivoting arm assembly, said at least one extensible strut being mounted such that the at least one extensible strut is extensible between a contracted condition and an elongated condition by pivotal action of said at least one pivoting arm assembly relative to said column assembly; at least one bumper for engagement by said at least one pivoting arm assembly when the at least one pivoting arm assembly is in the retracted position.