Roy Jacuzzi

In 1944, Roy Jacuzzi (born 1928) was hired by Peter Kosta, then President of Jacuzzi Research, Inc. By then, built-in whirlpool baths already had been in use for years as evidenced by them having been installed at Cypress Gardens, an apartment complex in Monterey, CA. Jacuzzi, the younger, helped market this first self-contained, fully integrated Jacuzzi whirlpool bath.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacuzzi.com/about/history.php |title=About - History |website=Jacuzzi Inc. |accessdate=February 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070923073813/http://jacuzzi.com/about/history.php |archivedate=September 23, 2007 }} First generation Jacuzzi family member, Candido Jacuzzi was the inventor of the original portable, in-home Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath.{{Cite patent|country=US|number=3297025|pubdate=1967-01-10|title=Hydrotherapy tub|assign1=Jacuzzi Bros. Inc.|inventor1-last=Jacuzzi|inventor1-first=Candido}}{{cite web|title=What did Italian engineer Candido Jacuzzi invent in 1968? |url=http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive030113q3.htm|publisher=Girls' E-Mentoring Program|accessdate=October 26, 2012|date=January 13, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195215/http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive030113q3.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03}} The water pumps that inspired the whirlpool bath were a family invention, meant to help soothe arthritis symptoms. The Jacuzzi company holds more than 250 patents for inventions in fields ranging from pump systems to jet technology.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacuzzi.com/about/press_bathfaq.php |title=Bath fivision FAQ |website=Jacuzzi Inc. |accessdate=February 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703224427/http://www.jacuzzi.com/about/press_bathfaq.php |archivedate=July 3, 2008}} Roy Jacuzzi and Peter Kosta hold the patent for the built-in Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath.{{cn|date=April 2022}}