Patent ID: 9357753
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. A filter intake suction guard for a member selected from the group consisting of an aquarium filter and a pond filter of the type having a tubular filter intake tube with a first open end intended to be disposed within a body of water contained within a member selected from the group consisting of an aquarium and a pond and an opposite second open end which is connectable to the filter, comprising: a substantially enclosed hollow housing defining a substantially unobstructed housing interior cavity therein and having an outlet opening defined therein which is configured and dimensioned for receipt of the filter intake tube therein with the first open end of the filter intake tube in fluid communication within said housing interior cavity, said housing further comprising a first wall having an interior side and an exterior side, wherein said first wall is configured and dimensioned to be disposed radially outwardly from the first open end of the filter intake tube, with said interior side of said first wall being radially spaced apart a predetermined distance from the first open end of the filter intake tube, when the first open end of the filter intake tube is received within said outlet opening, to provide a spaced distance between a fish and the first open end of the filter intake tube, to prevent the fish from being suctioned by the filter intake tube, said first wall comprising a plurality of intake openings defined in at least a portion thereof and which are configured and dimensioned to prevent fish from entering said housing interior cavity but allow water to enter said housing interior cavity and exit said housing interior cavity via the first open end of the filter intake tube.