Novelty covers for tanks

A novelty cover for a tank, the tank including tank walls and a top and defining a tank perimeter and a tank height, the novelty cover comprising:

• four panels interconnected to define a self-supporting frame surrounding a void and defining a frame perimeter, the frame perimeter being complementarily configured with the tank perimeter and the tank height;
• wherein:
• the frame is configured to receive the tank in the void;
• each of the four panels defines a window permitting the tank to be seen through the panels when the tank is received in the void of the frame;
• the four panels each have a panel height greater by a predefined length than a height of the tank such that the tank is vertically enclosed by the frame when received in the void;
• the four panels include two female panels defining a series of holes;
• the four panels include two male panels defining a series of projections configured to matingly engage the series of holes in the female panels to interconnect the male panels with the female panels;
• two adjacent panels of the plurality of panels interconnect to define a vertically extending joint,
• each of the four panels includes an exterior surface with ornamentation;
• and
• the ornamentation on the exterior surfaces of the four panels collectively form a cohesive ornamental scene when the panels interconnect to define the frame;
• and
• at least one joint cap mounted to the vertically extending joint,
• wherein
• a height of the at least one joint cap is greater than a height of each of the panels in the plurality of panels;
• a lower portion of the at least one joint cap defines a vertically extending recess complementarily configured with a lower portion of the vertically extending joint;
• a length of the vertically extending recess is at least equal to the height of the tank;
• the at least one joint cap defines a vertically oriented slit adjacent to and extending from the vertically extending recess;
• the slit extends upwardly to at least the height of each of the panels in the plurality of panels;
• a length of the slit and the length of the vertically extending recess together is at least equal to the height of each of the plurality of panels;
• the at least one joint cap receives the vertically extending joint in the vertically extending recess;
• the slit receives an upper portion of eon of the two panels interconnected to form the vertically extending joint so that an upper portion of the at least one joint cap is above a top of the tank, and so that the lower portion the at least one joint cap does not interfere with the tank when residing within the frame of the novelty cover, and
• the lower portion of the at least one joint cap is exterior to the two adjacent panels of the plurality of panels that interconnect to define the vertically extending joint.