ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,881, issued on March 17, was assigned to Sundance Spas Inc. (Chino, Calif.).
"Cover detection system for spas" was invented by Larry R. Ovalle (Glendora, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover detection system may include a magnet positioned on a first portion of a spa, the first portion being one of a spa cover or a spa shell. The cover detection system may include a sensor positioned on a second portion of the spa, the second portion being the other one of the spa cover or the spa shell, wherein the sensor is configured to detect a position of the first portion relative to the second portion. The cover detection system may ...