Animal husbandry – Aquatic animal culturing – Aquarium
Reexamination Certificate
2003-05-12
2004-07-13
Carone, Michael J. (Department: 3644)
Animal husbandry
Aquatic animal culturing
Aquarium
C119S245000, C210S167150
Reexamination Certificate
active
06761133
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to aquariums and more particularly pertains to a new aquarium device for draining and cleaning an aquarium.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of aquariums is known in the prior art. More specifically, aquariums heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,849,185; U.S. Pat. No. 4,098,230; U.S. Pat. No. 5,690,054; U.S. Pat. No. 4,944,248; U.S. Pat. No. 460,809; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 361,167.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new aquarium device. The inventive device includes a base having a top side, a bottom side, a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side wherein the first and second sides are oppositely positioned with respect to each other. The top side has a depression therein. A peripheral edge of the depression has a slot therein extending around the depression. A valve to let water out of the tank. A substantially rigid panel has a size and shape substantially equal to the peripheral edge of the depression. The panel may abut the peripheral edge and generally cover the depression. The panel has a plurality of rows of slots extending therethrough. A housing has a top and bottom open end. The bottom end has an edge having size and shape substantially equal to the size and shape of the slot such that a bottom edge of the housing is extendable into the slot and a generally watertight seal is defined. The housing comprises a substantially transparent material.
In these respects, the aquarium device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of draining and cleaning an aquarium.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of aquariums now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new aquarium device construction wherein the same can be utilized for draining and cleaning an aquarium.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new aquarium device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the aquariums mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new aquarium device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art aquariums, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a base having a top side, a bottom side, a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side wherein the first and second sides are oppositely positioned with respect to each other. The top side has a depression therein. A peripheral edge of the depression has a slot therein extending around the depression. A valve for selectively opening and closing is used to drain the water. A substantially rigid panel has a size and shape substantially equal to the peripheral edge of the depression. The panel may abut the peripheral edge and generally cover the depression. The panel has a plurality of rows of slots extending therethrough. A housing has a top and bottom open end. The bottom end has an edge having size and shape substantially equal to the size and shape of the slot such that a bottom edge of the housing is extendable into the slot and a generally watertight seal is defined. The housing comprises a substantially transparent material.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new aquarium device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the aquariums mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new aquarium device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art aquariums, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new aquarium device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new aquarium device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new aquarium device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such aquarium device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new aquarium device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new aquarium device for draining and cleaning an aquarium.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new aquarium device which includes a base having a top side, a bottom side, a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side wherein the first and second sides are oppositely positioned with respect to each other. The top side has a depression therein. A peripheral edge of the depression has a slot therein extending around the depression. A valve for selectively opening and closing is used to drain the water. A substantially rigid panel has a size and shape substantially equal to the peripheral edge of the depression. The panel may abut the peripheral edge and generally cover the depression. The panel has a plurality of rows of slots extending therethrough. A housing has a top and bottom open end. The bottom end has an edge having size and shape substantially equal to the size and shape of the s
Carone Michael J.
Shaw Elizabeth
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