Patent ID: 7090769

Claim:
A method for cleaning debris from the bottom of a spa, comprising: (a) providing a spa having a bottom, debris disposed upon said bottom; (b) providing a spa vacuum having: a nozzle removably connected to one end of a debris intake tube; a check valve removably connected to the other end of said debris intake tube; a debris chamber having an upper chamber cap and a lower chamber cap; a filtering means; a telescoping pole connected to said upper chamber cap of said debris chamber; said nozzle, said debris intake tube, said check valve, and said filtering means disposed in a lower assembly which is selectively removable from said lower chamber cap of said debris chamber; said filtering means of said lower assembly including a filter assembly, said filter assembly including: a filter housing; a filter retainer screen removably disposed within said filter housing; a filter pad removably disposed within said filter housing; a filter support screen removably disposed within said filter housing; said filter retainer screen, said filter pad, and said filter support screen disposed in stacked relationship within said filter housing; and, said nozzle having rounded side edges; (c) using said spa vacuum to remove said debris from said bottom of said spa; (d) removing said lower assembly from said lower chamber cap of said debris chamber; (e) removing said filter housing from said lower assembly; (f) removing said filter retainer screen, said filter pad, and said filter support screen from said filter housing; (g) cleaning said filter retainer screen, said filter pad, and said filter support screen; (h) reinstalling said filter retainer screen, said filter pad, and said filter support screen into said filter housing; (i) reinstalling said filter housing into said lower assembly; (j) reconnecting said lower assembly with said lower chamber cap of said debris chamber; and, (k) again using said spa vacuum to remove said debris from said bottom of said spa.