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US 9,956,511 B2Granted
Reusable water filter cartridge device
AssigneeProtect Plus, LLC
InventorsRobert William Lackey, Robert Charles Beckmann, Glenn F. Cueman
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems for a reusable water filter cartridge that includes a top portion with a pair of spaced apart bores for receiving an elongate member that is inserted through the bores, and a bottom portion selectively secured to the top portion and including a cavity. A filter element is contained within the cavity.
Claims15
A reusable water filter cartridge device comprising:
- a top portion having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion has an annular circular side that extends upwardly from a cavity within the interior of the annular circular side with a pair of spaced apart bores disposed on the annular circular side and extending from an external side of the annular circular side to an internal side of the annular circular side and an elongate member is received through the bores;
- a cover that partially circumscribes the elongate member, wherein the elongate member has a top side and contains a slot partially disposed along the top side of the elongate member and the cover is disposed overtop the slot, an underside of the cover contains at least one knob and a base portion of the cavity of the top portion contains at least one opening for releasably receiving the at least one knob of the cover;
- a bottom portion selectively secured to the top portion and including a cavity;
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- a filter element contained within the cavity.
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A reusable water filter cartridge device comprising:
- a top portion having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion has an annular circular side that extends upwardly from a cavity within the interior of the annular circular side with a pair of spaced apart bores disposed on the annular circular side and extending from an external side of the annular circular side to an internal side of the annular circular side and an elongate member is received through the bores;
- a bottom portion containing a cavity having an interior side and an exterior side;
- a cover that partially circumscribes the elongate member, wherein the elongate member has a top side and contains a slot partially disposed along the top side of the elongate member and the cover is disposed overtop the slot, an underside of the cover contains at least one knob and the cavity of the bottom portion contains at least one opening for releasably receiving the at least one knob of the cover;
- at least one elongate rib disposed on the interior side of the cavity of the bottom portion;
- a filter element having a top side and a bottom side and contained within the cavity;
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- at least one notch disposed on the top side and bottom side of the filter element for receiving the at least one elongate rib disposed on an inner side of the cavity.
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A reusable water filter cartridge device comprising:
- a top portion having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion has an annular circular side that extends upwardly from a cavity within the interior of the annular circular side with a pair of spaced apart bores disposed on the annular circular side and extending from an external side of the annular circular side to an internal side of the annular circular side and an elongate member is received through the bores, the top portion includes external threads;
- a bottom portion having a cavity and containing internal threads that correspond with the external threads of the top portion for selectively securing the bottom portion to the top portion;
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- a cover that partially circumscribes the elongate member, wherein the elongate member has a top side and contains a slot partially disposed along the top side of the elongate member and the cover is disposed overtop the slot, an underside of the cover contains at least one knob and a base portion of the cavity of the top portion contains at least one opening for releasably receiving the at least one knob of the cover;
- a disposable filter element contained within the cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.