Patent ID: 9737058
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A01K

Claim:
1. An overflow system for use with a tank having a side wall, said overflow system comprising: a) an overflow device having a front wall, a back wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall all secured to a bottom wall and extending upward therefrom to create a chamber having an open top, said front wall, back wall and first and second sidewalls having a plurality of slots formed therethrough, said overflow device positioned in said tank with a portion of said plurality of slots disposed below the fluid line of said tank so as to receive fluid from said tank into said chamber, and said bottom wall having an enlarged aperture formed therethrough which is aligned closer to said back wall; b) a first aperture formed through said sidewall of said tank, said first aperture positioned below said bottom wall of said overflow device; and c) attachment means for attaching said enlarged aperture formed in said bottom wall of said overflow device to said first aperture formed in said sidewall of said tank, a portion of said attachment means passing through said first aperture.