10 is thicker at the center point along the seam 16 and tapers slightly towards the outer edges 18a and 18b a typical spa cover may have a thickness of 4 inches at the center adjacent seam 16 and a thickness of 2 25 inches of the outer edges 18a and 18b this taper allows for runoff of rainwater and prevents standing pools of water from forming on the cover as shown in fig2 when in use the subject spa cover lifting device serves to first raise the spa cover 10 off of the spa and secondly retain the spa cover 10 in an upright position providing complete unrestricted access to the spa the construction and operation of the subject invention will now be described in detail in connection with fig3 9 with specific reference to fig6 the components of the invention are described herein a mounting bracket 20 is provided for mounting the spa cover lifting device to the spa frame 2 as shown in fig6 the bracket 20 is mounted to the frame 2 by means of a plurality of wood screws 22 inserted through mounting apertures 24 in the base 26 of bracket 20 as illustrated in the drawings in a first embodiment bracket 20 is mounted on the rim 3 of the frame 2 in those instances in which the rim 3 is not of a width sufficient to accommodate the mounting of bracket 20 a side mount bracket not shown may be utilized in this embodiment the side mount bracket is mounted to the side wall of spa frame 2 bracket.