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US 12,653,167 B2Granted
Aquarium system, back panel assembly, and methods of use
AssigneeSpectrum Brands, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Nathan Brunner, Gregory Van Eyk, Kevin Sears, Terry Allen Willemin
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Abstract
A back panel assembly for an aquarium has a housing with a dependent lip having connecting structure permitting the housing to be removably attached to an aquarium; and a cartridge holder removably positioned in the housing. The cartridge holder holds filter cartridges, each cartridge being the same size.
Claims10
A back panel assembly for an aquarium;
- the back panel assembly comprising:
- (a) a housing having a surrounding wall defining an internal cavity;
- an open top in communication with the cavity;
- a bottom opposite of the open top;
- and a dependent lip adjacent to the open top projecting from the wall;
- (i) the dependent lip having a connecting structure comprising a plurality of spaced openings sized to receive corresponding tabs from an aquarium rim, wherein the spaced openings are positioned along a length of the dependent lip to enable selective positioning of the back panel assembly at multiple locations along the aquarium rim permitting the housing to be removably attached to an aquarium;
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- (b) a cartridge holder removably positioned in the cavity of the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.