Animal husbandry – Aquatic animal culturing – Aquarium
Reexamination Certificate
2001-03-30
2002-08-27
Jordan, Charles T. (Department: 3644)
Animal husbandry
Aquatic animal culturing
Aquarium
Reexamination Certificate
active
06439163
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to wall mountable aquariums and more particularly pertains to a new wall mountable aquarium for allowing a user to mount an aquarium onto the picture window to allow a user to view aquatic life as well as the outside surroundings.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of wall mountable aquariums is known in the prior art. More specifically, wall mountable 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. 5,435,270; U.S. Pat. No. 3,735,738; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 272,666; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 397,522; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 214,630; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 361,871.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new wall mountable aquarium. The inventive device includes a tank that has an interior space defined by a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall and a pair of end walls. The interior space is adapted for containing fish and a habitat to support the fish. A sill plate is adapted to be coupled to a bottom of a frame for the picture window such that the sill plate is adapted to be aligned to the tank with the frame for the picture window. A heater assembly is coupled to the bottom wall of the tank, the heating assembly has an intake conduit and an output conduit adapted for circulating water of the habitat through a heat exchanger for warming the water.
In these respects, the wall mountable aquarium 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 a user to mount an aquarium onto the picture window to allow a user to view aquatic life as well as the outside surroundings.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of wall mountable aquariums now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new wall mountable aquarium construction wherein the same can be utilized for a user to mount an aquarium onto the picture window to allow a user to view aquatic life as well as the outside surroundings.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new wall mountable aquarium apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the wall mountable aquariums mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new wall mountable aquarium which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art wall mountable aquariums, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a tank that has an interior space defined by a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall and a pair of end walls. The interior space is adapted for containing fish and a habitat to support the fish. A sill plate is adapted to be coupled to a bottom of a frame for the picture window such that the sill plate is adapted to be aligned to the tank with the frame for the picture window. A heater assembly is coupled to the bottom wall of the tank, the heating assembly has an intake conduit and an output conduit adapted for circulating water of the habitat through a heat exchanger for warming the water.
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 wall mountable aquarium apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the wall mountable aquariums mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new wall mountable aquarium which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art wall mountable aquariums, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new wall mountable aquarium, which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new wall mountable aquarium, which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new wall mountable aquarium 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 wall mountable aquarium economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new wall mountable aquarium 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 wall mountable aquarium for a user to mount an aquarium onto the picture window to allow a user to view aquatic life as well as the outside surroundings.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new wall mountable aquarium which includes a tank that has an interior space defined by a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall and a pair of end walls. The interior space is adapted for containing fish and a habitat to support the fish. A sill plate is adapted to be coupled to a bottom of a frame for the picture window such that the sill plate is adapted to be aligned to the tank with the frame for the picture window. A heater assembly is coupled to the bottom wall of the tank, the heating assembly has an intake conduit and an output conduit adapted for circulating water of the habitat through a heat exchanger for warming the water.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new wall mountable aquarium that would fill the need for an improved fish aquarium that would provide a more visually appealing setup-within a home.
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Martin Hazel Laverne
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