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US 4,380,968 AGranted
Art of exhibiting fish
OwnerArthur B. Rennyinventor
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Improvement in the art of exhibiting fish comprising a vertical aquarium consisting of a transparent fish tank and a metal cowl, the aquarium requiring the usual accoutrements for proper operation thereof, the fish tank standing vertically and having a height greater than its width or depth, the cowl standing vertically and having a height, width, and depth greater than that of the fish tank, the cowl covering the accoutrements and silencing in part the noise from the operation thereof, the cowl having a cutaway portion in the front and side walls thereof so as to expose the fish tank to view, and the fish tank having radiused front corners and no seams therealong so as to present from the front and sides thereof a full and unobstructed view thereof, the cowl having vertically extending sheet metal stanchions at the rear corners of the fish tank, the cutaway portion extending continuously around the sides and front of the cowl from one rear corner stanchion thereof to the other, whereby the cowl is wholly devoid of any front corner stanchions resulting in the aforementioned full and unobstructed view of the fish tank.
Improvement in the art of exhibiting fish comprising a vertical aquarium consisting of a transparent fish tank and a metal cowl, said aquarium requiring the usual accoutrements for proper operation thereof, said fish tank standing vertically and having a height greater than its width or depth, said cowl standing vertically and having a height, width, and depth greater than that of said fish tank, said cowl covering said accoutrements and silencing in part the noise from the operation thereof, said cowl having a cutaway portion in the front and side walls thereof so as to expose said fish tank to view, and said fish tank having radiused front corners and no seams therealong so as to present from the front and sides thereof a full and unobstructed view thereof, said cowl having vertically extending sheet metal stnachions at the rear corners of said fish tank, said cutaway portion extending continuously around the sides and front of said cowl from one rear corner stanchion thereof to the other, whereby said cowl is wholly devoid of any front corner stanchions resulting in the aforesaid full and unobstructed view of said fish tank.
Improvement in the art of exhibiting fish comprising a method, said method consisting of providing a vertical aquarium, said aquarium consisting of a transparent fish tank and a metal cowl, said aquarium requiring the usual accoutrements for proper operation thereof, said fish tank having a height greater than its width or depth, standing said fish tank vertically, said cowl having a height, width and depth greater than that of said fish tank, standing said cowl vertically so that it covers said accoutrements and silences in part the noise from the operation thereof, providing a cutaway portion in said cowl so as to expose said fish tank to view, and providing for said fish tank radiused corners therealong so as to present from the front and sides thereof a full and unobstructed view thereof, providing said cowl with vertically extending sheet metal stanchions at the rear corners of the fish tank, extending said cutaway portion continuously around the sides and front of said cowl from one rear corner stanchion thereof to the other, whereby said cowl is wholly devoid of any front corner stanchions resulting in the aforesaid full and unobstructed view of said fish tank.
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