Filter assembly

A gravity-driven water filter comprising:

• a bottom portion having at least one treated water outlet, an upper perimeter, and a bottom portion side wall that defines an interior volume of the bottom portion and wherein the bottom portion side wall is a shaped surface that is configured to frictionally engage a plurality of differently sized fluid vessel openings and still allow treated water to be delivered to the interior of a fluid vessel through at least one treated water outlet;
• a water filter comprising a water treatment medium positioned within the water filter wherein the water filter is operably engaged with the bottom portion and having a water intake location and a water outgoing location that delivers treated water to the interior volume of the bottom portion and out of the at least one treated water outlet of the bottom portion wherein the water filter is configured to reduce chlorine taste and odor components (CTO) per NSF 42 to a minimum of 60 gallons and allows for a water flow rate of at least about two liter per minute of flow through the water treatment medium under a force of gravity and wherein the water filter includes a water filter housing with an interior volume containing the water treatment medium positioned within the water filter housing wherein the water filter housing comprises a top surface with a plurality of apertures for receiving water through the top surface and into contact with the water treatment medium, a bottom surface with a plurality of apertures for delivering treated water to the bottom portion, and at least one perimeter wall extending between the top surface and the bottom surface wherein the at least one perimeter wall has an exterior surface and at least one outwardly projecting lip positioned between the bottom surface of the water treatment housing and about ⅔ of the distance up from the bottom surface toward the top surface of the water filter housing wherein the outwardly projecting lip rests upon a shelf on the interior of the bottom portion and extends inwardly toward the interior of the bottom portion;
• a top portion having an interior volume defined by at least one wall forming a curved exterior, at least one water inlet, and a bottom perimeter defining an opening and wherein the top portion is configured to received water from at least one water inlet and the bottom perimeter defines an opening that is configured to allow water from the at least one water inlet to flow into contact with an intake surface of the water filter;
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• wherein the water filter is configured to be removably engaged by hand without the use of tools from the bottom portion and the fluid filter, the bottom portion and the top portion are each configured to be removably engaged and disengaged to allow for replacement of the filter and reassembly of the gravity-driven water filter assembly by hand and without the use of tools.

A gravity-driven water filter assembly comprising:

• a bottom portion having at least one treated water outlet, an upper perimeter, and a bottom portion side wall that defines an interior volume of the bottom portion and wherein the bottom portion side wall is a shaped surface that is configured to frictionally engage a plurality of differently sized water vessel openings and still allow treated water to be delivered to the interior of water vessel through the at least one treated water outlets at the bottom portion of the gravity-driven water treatment device, wherein the bottom portion further comprises:
• an overmolded material matingly engaged with a host component of the bottom portion and the overmolded material is a plastic or elastomeric material that is separate from the host component;
• a water filter comprising a water treatment medium positioned within the water filter wherein the water filter is operably engaged with the bottom portion and having a water intake location and a water outgoing location that delivers treated water to the interior volume of the bottom portion and out of the at least one treated water outlet of the bottom portion wherein the water filter is configured to reduce chlorine taste and odor components (CTO) per NSF 42 to a minimum of 60 gallons and allows for a water flow rate of at least about two liter per minute of flow through the water treatment medium under the force of gravity and wherein the water filter includes a water filter housing with an interior volume containing the water treatment medium positioned within the water filter housing wherein the water filter housing comprises a top surface with a plurality of apertures for receiving water through the top surface and into contact with the water treatment medium, a bottom surface with a plurality of apertures for delivering treated water to the bottom portion, and at least one perimeter wall extending between the top surface and the bottom surface wherein the at least one perimeter wall has an exterior surface and at least one outwardly projecting lip positioned between the bottom surface of the fluid treatment housing and about ⅔ of the distance up from the bottom surface toward the top surface of the water filter housing wherein the outwardly projecting lip rests upon a shelf on the interior of the bottom portion and extending inwardly toward the interior of the bottom portion;
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• a top portion having an interior volume defined by at least one wall forming a curved exterior, at least one water inlet, and a bottom perimeter defining an opening and wherein the top portion is configured to received water from at least one water inlet and the bottom perimeter defines an opening configured to allow water from the at least one water inlet to flow into contact with an intake surface of the water filter;
• wherein the water filter is configured to be removably engaged by hand without the use of tools from the bottom portion and the water filter, the bottom portion and the top portion are each configured to be removably engaged and disengaged to allow for replacement of the water filter and reassembly of the gravity-driven water filter assembly by hand and without the use of tools;
• wherein water filter housing is cylindrically shaped and further comprises at least one or a plurality of tabular members extending downward from the outwardly projecting lip and away from the at least one perimeter wall and wherein the bottom portion further comprises a plurality of spaced apart tabular members that extend into the interior volume of the bottom portion and define spaces therebetween that are configured to receive the tabular members of the filter housing and wherein the tabular members have an upper shelf extending into the interior volume of the bottom portion and tapered sides extending downward toward the treated water outlet of the bottom portion;
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• wherein the at least one perimeter wall has at least one visible indicator thereon that is visible through a cutout portion of the bottom portion of the gravity-driven water filter assembly.