Spa system

• US 6,745,411 B1
• Filed: 04/18/2002
• Issued: 06/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Roger L. Kjonaas
• Original Assignee: Roger L. Kjonaas
• Inventors: Kjonaas, Roger L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fetsuga, Robert M.
• Application Number:
  US10/125,193
• Time in Patent Office: 782 Days
• Field of Search: 452/4, 607/81, 607/83, 607/100, 607/101, 607/102, 250/495.1, 250/504, 359/361, 342/66, 342/67, 342/68, 342/69
• US Class Current: 4/524
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/10 with further special therapeutic means, e.g. electrotherapy, magneto therapy or radiation therapy, chromo therapy, infrared or ultraviolet therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 33/063 Heaters specifically designed therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0659 infrared

Abstract

A spa system of the invention includes a room of a structure having a plurality of faces defining a room interior space. A plurality of panels each have a front surface and a rear, with the front surface of each of the panels having an emissivity characteristic with respect to infrared radiation of from 0 to approximately 0.3. A securing device is provided for securing each of the panels to one of the faces of the room, with the securing device being positioned on the rear of each of the panels. An infrared radiation emitter generates infrared radiation and disperses the radiation about the room interior space. The infrared radiation emitter is positioned in the interior space such that infrared radiation generated by the infrared radiation emitter strikes the front surfaces of the plurality of panels.

Claims

1. A spa system comprising:

a room of a structure having a plurality of faces defining a room interior space;

a plurality of panels each having a front surface and a rear, the front surface of each of the panels having an emissivity characteristic with respect to infrared radiation of from 0 to approximately 0.3;

securing means for securing each of the panels to one of the faces of the room, the securing means being positioned on the rear of each of the panels; and

an infrared radiation emitter for generating infrared radiation and dispersing the radiation about the room interior space, the infrared wave source being positioned in the interior space such that infrared radiation generated by the infrared radiation emitter strikes the front surfaces of the plurality of panels;

wherein the plurality of faces includes wall faces of the room and the wall faces has at least one of the panels mounted thereon;

wherein the plurality of faces includes a plurality of transition faces, each of the transition faces extending between a pair of adjacent wall faces.

2. The spa system of claim 1 wherein each of the transition faces is positioned at an angle of approximately 45 degrees with respect to the adjacent wall faces.

3. A spa system comprising:

a room of a structure having a plurality of faces defining a room interior space;

a plurality of panels each having a front surface and a rear, the front surface of each of the panels having an emissivity characteristic with respect to infrared radiation from 0 to approximately 0.3;

securing means for securing each of the panels to one of the faces of the room, the securing means being positioned on the rear of each of the panels; and

an infrared radiation emitter for generating infrared radiation and dispersing the radiation about the room interior space, the infrared wave source being positioned in the interior space such that infrared radiation generated by the infrared radiation emitter strikes the front surfaces of the plurality of panels;

wherein the front surface of each of the plurality of panels has an emissivity characteristic of from 0 to approximately 0.1;

wherein the front surface of the plurality of panels comprises a metal;

wherein the plurality of faces includes wall faces of the room and the wall faces has at least one of the panels mounted thereon;

wherein the plurality of faces includes a ceiling face and the ceiling face has at least one of the panels mounted thereon;

wherein the plurality of faces includes a plurality of transition faces, each of the transition faces being positioned at an angle of approximately 45 degrees with respect to the adjacent wall faces; and

wherein the plurality of panels are arranged on the faces of the room such that the panels substantially cover each of the faces of the room such that the front surfaces of the plurality of panels are substantially continuous about the interior space of the room except for a floor of the room.