US 11,680,573 B2
Air pump for an inflatable product and an inflatable product with a built-in air pump
Shuiyong Huang, Shanghai (CN); Wanbin Qiu, Shanghai (CN); and Ruoxun Yin, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/904,497.
Claims priority of application No. 201920946721.X (CN), filed on Jun. 21, 2019; application No. 201921277471.1 (CN), filed on Aug. 6, 2019; and application No. 202020321256.3 (CN), filed on Mar. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2020/0400149 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. F04D 25/06 (2006.01); A47C 27/08 (2006.01); B63B 7/08 (2020.01); F04D 29/50 (2006.01); A63H 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 25/06 (2013.01) [A47C 27/082 (2013.01); B63B 7/085 (2013.01); F04D 29/503 (2013.01); A63H 33/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inflatable product, comprising:
a side wall defining an inflation cell;
a shell located on the side wall and extending into the inflation cell, the shell defining an internal chamber and an air valve, the air valve being in fluid communication with the internal chamber and the inflation cell, the shell comprising a cover defining an opening; and
an air pump comprising an air inlet and an air outlet, the air pump being moveably located at least partially within the internal chamber; and
a knob switch extending from the pump body through the opening;
wherein the knob switch is moveable along a path extending in a first direction within the opening, such that movement of the knob switch causes the air pump to move along the path within the internal chamber among:
a first position, in which the air inlet is adjacent to the air valve;
a second position, in which the air outlet is adjacent to the air valve; and
a neutral position, in which neither the air inlet nor the air outlet are adjacent to the air valve; and
wherein the knob switch is further moveable in a transverse direction, transverse to the path, such that movement of the knob switch in the transverse direction causes the air pump to move in the transverse direction to connect the air inlet to the air valve in the first position and to connect the air outlet to the air valve in the second position.