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US 12,419,281 B2Granted
Aquarium system with controlable light and methods
AssigneeSpectrum Brands, Inc.
InventorsJoe Flora, John Edward Fox, Jr., Joseph Roark, Chad Robbins
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Abstract
An aquarium system includes an aquarium tank arrangement and a light source. The light source has a controllable output of colored light projecting into the aquarium tank arrangement. The light source can provide a cycle of projecting light of at least two different colors.
Claims16
A method of lighting an aquarium system comprising:
- (a) providing a tank arrangement comprising a plurality of individual tanks positioned side by side;
- a light fixture mounted above the tank arrangement;
- the light fixture including at least one row of lights extending along a length of the tank arrangement;
- the lights each being colored one of at least blue, white, red, or a blend thereof;
- (b) using a programmed control box to set an output of the lights for a sequence of colors, distance increments of colors, and time increments of colors along the length of the tank arrangement;
- (c) projecting light from the light fixture into the plurality of individual tanks;
- and
- (d) actuating a cycle of the projecting light of at least two different colors along the length of the tank arrangement in,
- (i) predetermined distance increments;
- and
- (ii) predetermined time increments.
8 more elements
A method of lighting an aquarium system comprising:
- (a) projecting light from a light source that extends along a length of an aquarium tank arrangement having a plurality of tanks positioned next to each other;
- the light projecting in each of the plurality of tanks;
- and the light being at least two different colors;
- the colors being any one of:
- blue, white, red, yellow, purple, orange, violet, or blends thereof;
- and
- (b) cycling the light in predetermined distance increments and in predetermined time increments.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.