Aquarium overflow assembly

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Description

FIG. 1 is perspective view taken along the top left front of an aquarium overflow assembly showing the new design, showing an internal box with a weir inside of an aquarium wall and an external overflow box on the exterior of an aquarium wall;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view taken along the top left front thereof;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view taken along the bottom left front thereof;

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view taken along the bottom left front thereof;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view taken along the top left rear thereof;

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view taken along the top left rear thereof;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view taken along the bottom right rear thereof;

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view taken along the bottom right rear thereof;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view taken along the top left front thereof showing a cutaway view of the front face of the internal box;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view taken along the bottom left front thereof showing a cutaway view of the front face of the internal box;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view taken along the top left rear thereof showing a cutaway view of the rear face of the the external overflow box; and,

FIG. 12 is a perspective view taken along the bottom right rear thereof showing a cutaway view of the rear face of the external overflow box.

The broken lines showing the aquarium wall in FIGS. 1-12 illustrate the environment of the claimed design and form no part thereof. All other broken lines illustrate portions of the aquarium overflow assembly which form no part of the claimed design.

The aquarium overflow assembly has a modular design that includes an internal box with a removable weir and an external overflow box, both of which couple together through the wall of an aquarium to provide surface skimming and drainage of water from the aquarium to external filters. A characteristic feature of these design embodiments resides in the edges of the walls of the internal box and external overflow box having a tongue and groove design with recessed sides.

Claims

The ornamental design for an aquarium overflow assembly, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
4036756 July 19, 1977 Dockery
4684462 August 4, 1987 Augustyniak
5474673 December 12, 1995 Ludlow
5728293 March 17, 1998 Guoli
6056886 May 2, 2000 Hickok, Jr.
D595906 July 7, 2009 Tsai
7918995 April 5, 2011 Arita
20090250121 October 8, 2009 Kirkman
Patent History
Patent number: D797381
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 25, 2015
Date of Patent: Sep 12, 2017
Assignee: (Miami, FL)
Inventor: Felix Lazaro Bordon (Miami, FL)
Primary Examiner: Wan Laymon
Application Number: 29/525,031
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (D30/106)