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US 5,167,368 AGranted
Decorative waterfall
OwnerJohn Nashinventor
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Abstract
A decorative waterfall comprises a housing having a top and bottom and a front and back wall; a reservoir for water in the bottom of the housing; a reservoir for water at the top of the housing; a pump for conveying the water in the bottom reservoir to the top reservoir, whereby the water overflows the top reservoir and flows down the front wall; and at least one indenture for creating a sound resembling the sound of a natural waterfall.
Claims10
A decorative waterfall comprising:
- a housing having a back wall, a front wall, and side walls joined to said back wall and said front wall;
- a reservoir for water at the top of the housing defined by the back wall, side walls and front wall;
- a reservoir of water in the bottom of the housing;
- said front wall having a lower edge terminating a distance above the surface of the water in the bottom of the housing;
- means for conveying the water in the bottom reservoir to the top reservoir where it overflows the top reservoir and flows down the front wall over said lower edge in the front wall into the bottom reservoir;
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- indenture means in the front wall adjacent said lower edge for amplifying the sound of the water flowing over said lower edge thereby creating a sound of a natural water fall.
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A decorative waterfall comprising:
- a housing having a back wall, a front wall having a lower edge, and side walls joined to the back wall and the front wall;
- a reservoir for water at the top of the housing;
- a pool of water in the bottom of the housing;
- said lower edge of said front wall terminating a distance above said pool of water;
- means for conveying the water in the pool to the reservoir where it overflows the reservoir and flows down the front wall and over said lower edge into the pool;
- and indenture means in the front wall above said pool for amplifying the sound of water flowing over said lower edge thereby creating acoustics resembling a natural water fall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.