Fish tank construction
OwnerCharles F. Foley, Lewis J. Halberstadtinventors
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Abstract
A fish tank construction which is made with interior partitions through which fish can swim and which has "rooms" simulated as those normally inhabited by human beings as backdrops to provide a form of simulated house. The construction includes a fish cross-over whereby fish can swim in a "skyway" arrangement between adjacent tanks.
Claims15
In aquarium construction comprising a tank defining an interior compartment having a generally transparent front wall and a rear wall spaced from the front wall, means on the rear wall forming a visable backdrop simulating a cross section of an interior of a building including rooms normally inhabited by humans and including representations of wall dividers between the rooms, and a plurality of removable wall dividers extending between the front and rear walls of said aquarium and having edges generally aligning with the representations of wall dividers of the backdrop, said removable wall dividers having substantial unobstructed openings therethrough to permit fish passage through all of the removable wall dividers.
An aquarium construction for fish including a transparent walled tank, a representation of a cross section of an interior of a building having a plurality of rooms normally inhabited by humans on one wall of the tank facing an opposite generally parallel wall visible through the opposite wall, and removable divider panels between the one wall and the opposite wall aligning with the divisions between rooms on the representation including a horizontal divider panel between the two stories of the representation, each of said dividers having an opening defined therethrough of sufficient size to permit fish in the aquarium to pass therethrough.
A fish tank defining an interior compartment having a generally transparent front wall and a rear wall spaced from the front wall and side walls joining said front and rear walls, means on one of the front and rear walls forming a visible backdrop simulating a cross section of an interior of a building including a plurality of individual rooms normally inhabited by humans, and a plurality of removable wall dividers extending between the front and rear walls of said aquarium and having edges generally aligning with the divisions between adjacent rooms on the backdrop, at least some of said removable wall dividers having substantial unobstructed openings therethrough to permit fish passage through the removable wall dividers to permit access to all of the rooms.
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