U.S. patent application number 09/751741 was filed with the patent office on 2002-07-04 for decorative attachment for an aquarium.
Invention is credited to Rudolph, Alan.
Application Number | 20020083901 09/751741 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 25023287 |
Filed Date | 2002-07-04 |
United States Patent
Application |
20020083901 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Rudolph, Alan |
July 4, 2002 |
Decorative attachment for an aquarium
Abstract
A decorative attachment for an aquarium for creating natural
looking scenic features for an aquarium. The decorative attachment
for an aquarium includes a wall assembly including a wall structure
having a front wall and a back wall being spaced from the front
wall, and also having an overhang portion being securely disposed
at a top of the front and back walls and extending rearwardly
thereof and being adapted to mount upon a back wall of an aquarium;
and also includes a plurality of scenery attachment support members
being securely attached to the wall structure; and further includes
a plurality of scenery attachments being removably mounted to the
wall structure.
Inventors: |
Rudolph, Alan; (Mamaroneck,
NY) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Kaardal & Associates, PC
Attn: Ivar M. Kaardal
3500 South First Ave. Circle - Suite 250
Sioux Falls
SD
57105-5802
US
|
Family ID: |
25023287 |
Appl. No.: |
09/751741 |
Filed: |
December 29, 2000 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
119/256 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01K 63/006
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
119/256 |
International
Class: |
A01K 063/00 |
Claims
I claim:
1. A decorative attachment assembly for an aquarium comprising: a
wall assembly including a wall structure having a front wall and a
back wall being spaced from said front wall, and also having an
overhang portion being securely disposed at a top of said front and
back wall and extending rearwardly thereof and being adapted to
mount upon a back wall of an aquarium; a plurality of scenery
attachment support members being securely attached to said wall
structure; and a plurality of scenery attachments being removably
mounted to said wall structure.
2. A decorative attachment assembly for an aquarium as described in
claim 1, wherein said wall assembly further includes vertical
dividers being spaced apart and being disposed between said front
wall and said back wall of said wall structure.
3. A decorative attachment assembly for an aquarium as described in
claim 2, wherein said wall structure includes longitudinal openings
extending a height of said wall structure and being spaced apart
and being disposed through said front wall and forming vertical
channels which are adapted to receive hoses and wires located in
the aquarium.
4. A decorative attachment assembly for an aquarium as described in
claim 3, wherein said wall assembly also includes cover members
being removably disposed in said longitudinal openings and being
essentially flush with said front wall, each of said cover members
having a bottom end and a slot disposed in said bottom end.
5. A decorative attachment assembly for an aquarium as described in
claim 4, wherein said overhang portion includes a main portion
which extends rearwardly of said back wall, and also includes an
end portion which is attached to said main portion and which is
spaced from said back wall and which is angled relative to said
main portion, said main portion having a top wall and a bottom
wall, said top wall having slots being disposed therethrough, each
of said slots being in alignment with a respective one of said
longitudinal openings.
6. A decorative attachment assembly for an aquarium as described in
claim 5, wherein said wall structure further includes dividers
being disposed upon said bottom wall of said main portion and in
said slots of said overhang portion, said dividers being spaced
apart and being adapted to receive the hoses and wires for the
aquarium.
7. A decorative attachment assembly for an aquarium as described in
claim 6, wherein said wall structure also includes a plurality of
holes being disposed through said back wall in said channels and
being adapted to receive wire clips for supporting the wires in the
aquarium.
8. A decorative attachment assembly for an aquarium as described in
claim 4, wherein said scenery attachment support members are
securely disposed in and upon said front wall and said cover
members of said wall assembly, said scenery attachment support
members being lug members having a shaft portion which are securely
disposed in said front wall and said cover members and also having
conical-shaped end portions which are disposed before said front
wall and said cover members.
9. A decorative attachment assembly for an aquarium as described in
claim 8, wherein said scenery attachments include back walls and a
plurality of clip-like fastening members being securely attached to
said back walls and being adapted to securely clip about said
conical-shaped end portions of said scenery attachment support
members for supporting said scenery attachments upon said wall
assembly.
10. A decorative attachment assembly for an aquarium as described
in claim 9, wherein said scenery attachments further include a
ledge-simulated scenery attachment having a ledge being securely
attached to a respective said back wall of said scenery attachments
and extending outwardly therefrom, said ledge having a top side and
a recessed portion disposed in said top side and being adapted to
support sand therein, said ledge further having a lip portion.
11. A decorative attachment assembly for an aquarium as described
in claim 10, wherein said scenery attachments also include a
beach-simulated scenery attachment having a bottom wall and a
respective said back wall and further having sand being disposed
upon said bottom wall, said bottom wall further having a lip
portion.
12. A decorative attachment assembly for an aquarium comprising: a
wall assembly including a wall structure having a front wall and a
back wall being spaced from said front wall, and also having an
overhang portion being securely disposed at a top of said front and
back wall and extending rearwardly thereof and being adapted to
mount upon a back wall of an aquarium, said wall assembly further
including vertical dividers being spaced apart and being disposed
between said front wall and said back wall of said wall structure,
said wall structure including longitudinal openings extending a
height of said wall structure and being spaced apart and being
disposed through said front wall and forming vertical channels
which are adapted to receive hoses and wires located in the
aquarium, said wall assembly also including cover members being
removably disposed in said longitudinal openings and being
essentially flush with said front wall, each of said cover members
having a bottom end and a slot disposed in said bottom end, said
overhang portion including a main portion which extends rearwardly
of said back wall, and also including an end portion which is
attached to said main portion and which is spaced from said back
wall and which is angled relative to said main portion, said main
portion having a top wall and a bottom wall, said top wall having
slots being disposed therethrough, each of said slots being in
alignment with a respective one of said longitudinal openings, said
wall structure further including dividers being disposed upon said
bottom wall of said main portion and in said slots of said overhang
portion, said dividers being spaced apart and being adapted to
receive the hoses and wires for the aquarium, said wall structure
also including a plurality of holes being disposed through said
back wall in said channels and being adapted to receive wire clips
for supporting the wires in the aquarium; a plurality of scenery
attachment support members being securely attached to said wall
structure, said scenery attachment support members being securely
disposed in and upon said front wall and said cover members of said
wall assembly, said scenery attachment support members being lug
members having a shaft portion which are securely disposed in said
front wall and said cover members and also having conical-shaped
end portions which are disposed before said front wall and said
cover members; and a plurality of scenery attachments being
removably mounted to said wall structure, said scenery attachments
including back walls and a plurality of clip-like fastening members
being securely attached to said back walls and being adapted to
securely clip about said conical-shaped end portions of said
scenery attachment support members for supporting said scenery
attachments upon said wall assembly, said scenery attachments
further including a ledge-simulated scenery attachment having a
ledge being securely attached to a respective said back wall of
said scenery attachments and extending outwardly therefrom, said
ledge having a top side and a recessed portion disposed in said top
side and being adapted to support sand therein, said ledge further
having a lip portion, said scenery attachments also including a
beach-simulated scenery attachment having a bottom wall and a
respective said back wall and further having sand being disposed
upon said bottom wall, said bottom wall further having a lip
portion.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an aquarium decorative
assembly and more particularly pertains to a new decorative
attachment for an aquarium for creating natural looking scenic
features for an aquarium.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] The use of an aquarium decorative assembly is known in the
prior art. More specifically, an aquarium decorative assembly
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.
[0005] Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,160,427;
3,390,665; 5,690,053; 4,318,945; 5,732,656; and U.S. Pat. No. Des.
290,768.
[0006] While these devices fulfill their respective, particular
objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not
disclose a new decorative attachment for an aquarium. The inventive
device includes a wall assembly including a wall structure having a
front wall and a back wall being spaced from the front wall, and
also having an overhang portion being securely disposed at a top of
the front and back walls and extending rearwardly thereof and being
adapted to mount upon a back wall of an aquarium; and also includes
a plurality of scenery attachment support members being securely
attached to the wall structure; and further includes a plurality of
scenery attachments being removably mounted to the wall
structure.
[0007] In these respects, the decorative attachment for an 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
creating natural looking scenic features for an aquarium.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known
types of aquarium decorative assembly now present in the prior art,
the present invention provides a new decorative attachment for an
aquarium construction wherein the same can be utilized for creating
natural looking scenic features for an aquarium.
[0009] The general purpose of the present invention, which will be
described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new
decorative attachment for an aquarium which has many of the
advantages of the aquarium decorative assembly mentioned heretofore
and many novel features that result in a new decorative attachment
for an aquarium which is not anticipated, rendered obvious,
suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art aquarium
decorative assembly, either alone or in any combination
thereof.
[0010] To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a
wall assembly including a wall structure having a front wall and a
back wall being spaced from the front wall, and also having an
overhang portion being securely disposed at a top of the front and
back walls and extending rearwardly thereof and being adapted to
mount upon a back wall of an aquarium; and also includes a
plurality of scenery attachment support members being securely
attached to the wall structure; and further includes a plurality of
scenery attachments being removably mounted to the wall
structure.
[0011] 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.
[0012] 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.
[0013] 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.
[0014] 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.
[0015] It is therefore an object of the present invention to
provide a new decorative attachment for an aquarium which has many
of the advantages of the aquarium decorative assembly mentioned
heretofore and many novel features that result in a new decorative
attachment for an aquarium which is not anticipated, rendered
obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art
aquarium decorative assembly, either alone or in any combination
thereof.
[0016] It is another object of the present invention to provide a
new decorative attachment for an aquarium which may be easily and
efficiently manufactured and marketed.
[0017] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
new decorative attachment for an aquarium which is of a durable and
reliable construction.
[0018] An even further object of the present invention is to
provide a new decorative attachment for an 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
decorative attachment for an aquarium economically available to the
buying public.
[0019] Still yet another object of the present invention is to
provide a new decorative attachment for an 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.
[0020] Still another object of the present invention is to provide
a new decorative attachment for an aquarium for creating natural
looking scenic features for an aquarium.
[0021] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a
new decorative attachment for an aquarium which includes a wall
assembly including a wall structure having a front wall and a back
wall being spaced from the front wall, and also having an overhang
portion being securely disposed at a top of the front and back
walls and extending rearwardly thereof and being adapted to mount
upon a back wall of an aquarium; and also includes a plurality of
scenery attachment support members being securely attached to the
wall structure; and further includes a plurality of scenery
attachments being removably mounted to the wall structure.
[0022] Still yet another object of the present invention is to
provide a new decorative attachment for an aquarium that is easy
and convenient to install inside an aquarium.
[0023] Even still another object of the present invention is to
provide a new decorative attachment for an aquarium that provides a
natural-looking habitat for the fish in the aquarium.
[0024] These together with other objects of the invention, along
with the various features of novelty which characterize the
invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed
to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better
understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the
specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to
the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are
illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0025] The invention will be better understood and objects other
than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration
is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such
description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
[0026] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a new decorative attachment
for an aquarium according to the present invention and shown in
use.
[0027] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the wall member of the
present invention.
[0028] FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the wall member of the present
invention.
[0029] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the wall of the present
invention.
[0030] FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of the ledge-simulated
attachment of the present invention.
[0031] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the beach-simulated
attachment of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0032] With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
FIGS. 1 through 6 thereof, a new decorative attachment for an
aquarium embodying the principles and concepts of the present
invention and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will
be described.
[0033] As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 6, the decorative
attachment for an aquarium 10 generally comprises a wall assembly
including a wall structure 11 having a front wall 12 and a back
wall 13 being spaced from the front wall 12, and also having an
overhang portion 17 being securely and conventionally disposed at a
top of the front and back walls 12,13 and extending rearwardly
thereof and being adapted to mount upon a back wall 48 of an
aquarium 47. The wall assembly further includes vertical dividers
16 being spaced apart and being conventionally disposed between the
front wall 12 and the back wall 13 of the wall structure 11. The
wall structure 11 includes longitudinal openings 14,15 extending a
height of the wall structure 11 and being spaced apart and being
disposed through the front wall 12 and forming vertical channels
which are adapted to receive hoses and wires located in the
aquarium 47. The wall assembly also includes cover members 26,29
being removably disposed in the longitudinal openings 14,15 and
being essentially flush with the front wall 12. Each of the cover
members 26,29 has a bottom end 27,30 and a slot 28,31 disposed in
the bottom end 27,30. The overhang portion 17 includes a main
portion 18 which conventionally extends rearwardly of the back wall
13, and also includes an end portion 23 which is conventionally
attached to the main portion 18 and which is spaced from the back
wall 13 and which is angled relative to the main portion 18. The
main portion 18 has a top wall 19 and a bottom wall 20. The top
wall 19 has slots 21,22 being disposed therethrough. Each of the
slots 21,22 is in alignment with a respective one of the
longitudinal openings 14,15. The wall structure 11 further includes
dividers 24 being conventionally disposed upon the bottom wall 20
of the main portion 18 and in the slots 21,22 of the overhang
portion 17. The dividers 24 are spaced apart and are adapted to
receive the hoses and wires for the aquarium 47. The wall structure
11 also includes a plurality of holes 32 being disposed through the
back wall 13 in the channels and being adapted to receive wire
clips 35 for supporting the wires in the aquarium 47.
[0034] A plurality of scenery attachment support members 32 are
securely and conventionally attached to the wall structure 11. The
scenery attachment support members 32 are securely disposed in and
upon the front wall 12 and the cover members 26,29 of the wall
assembly. The scenery attachment support members 32 are lug members
32 having a shaft portion 33 which are securely disposed in the
front wall 12 and the cover members 26,29 and also having
conical-shaped end portions 34 which are disposed before the front
wall 12 and the cover members 26,29.
[0035] A plurality of scenery attachments 36 are removably mounted
to the wall structure 11. The scenery attachments 36 include back
walls 37 and a plurality of clip-like fastening members 46 being
securely and conventionally attached to the back walls 37 and being
adapted to securely clip about the conical-shaped end portions 34
of the scenery attachment support members 32 for supporting the
scenery attachments 36 upon the wall assembly. The scenery
attachments 36 further include a ledge-simulated scenery attachment
having a ledge 38 being securely and conventionally attached to a
respective back wall 37 of the scenery attachments 36 and extending
outwardly therefrom. The ledge 38 has a top side 39 and a recessed
portion 40 disposed in the top side 39 and being adapted to support
sand 42 therein. The ledge 38 further has a lip portion 41 to
simulate a tidal zone. The scenery attachments 36 also include a
beach-simulated scenery attachment having a bottom wall 43 and a
respective back wall 37 and further having sand 45 being disposed
upon the bottom wall 43 with the bottom wall 43 further having a
lip portion 44.
[0036] In use, the user places the decorative attachment assembly
10 in the aquarium 47 and puts the overhang portion over the back
wall 48 of the aquarium 47 and runs the hose and wires for the
aquarium through the channels and through the slots 28,31 of the
cover members 26,29.
[0037] As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and
operation of the present invention, the same should be apparent
from the above description. Accordingly, no further discussion
relating to the manner of usage and operation will be provided.
[0038] With respect to the above description then, it is to be
realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts
of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape,
form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are
deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and
all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings
and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed
by the present invention.
[0039] Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only
of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous
modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in
the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact
construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly,
all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to,
falling within the scope of the invention.
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