Free-standing pond
AssigneeSera Werke Heimtierbedarf J. Ravnak GMBH & Co.KG
InventorAndrew Paxton
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Abstract
A free-standing pond (10) is provided to allow access to the pond by wildlife, the pond comprising a first staircase (50) leading up the outside of the pond, and a second staircase (70) leading down the inside of the pond, wherein a crossing area (60, 62) is provided joining the top of the first and second staircases, and wherein the depth of the treads (72) of the second staircase are substantially greater than the depths of the treads (52) of the first staircase, and wherein at least some of the treads (52) of the first staircase are arranged to be grippable, in use, by wildlife such as frogs.
Claims13
A free-standing frog pond, for allowing access to the pond by frogs, comprising:
- side walls;
- a substantially continuous rail at the top of the side walls, wherein the rail has a top;
- a first staircase leading up outside the pond;
- a second staircase leading down inside the pond, wherein the first and the second staircases each include a top, treads, and risers;
- and
- a first crossing area formed by the top of the rail, wherein a tread of the first staircase is substantially level with the top of the rail and has a depth substantially greater than a depth of each of the other treads of the first staircase, and wherein a tread of the second staircase is substantially level with the top of the rail and has a depth substantially greater than a depth of each of the other treads of the second staircase;
- a second crossing area joining the top of the first and second staircases, and wherein the risers of the first and the second staircases include grooves, wherein a depth of the treads of the second staircase are substantially greater than a depth of the treads of the first staircase, and wherein at least some of the treads of the first staircase are arranged to be grippable by frogs, in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.