Patent ID: 8784077
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: F04D

Abstract:
1. A decorative, water fountain pump system comprising, in combination: a water-submersible, battery-operated water pump having a vertically oriented discharge and configured to provide a flowrate of water of between 200 liters per hour and 720 liters per hour, the pump being securable to a water reservoir configured to hold a supply of water having a top surface thereon; a waterproof plug connector electrically connected to the pump and configured to provide waterproof, electrical communication with a waterproof receptacle connector; a waterproof, rechargeable battery substantially contained within a waterproof dip-coating; the waterproof receptacle connector electrically connected to the battery and configured to receive the waterproof plug connector, thereby providing waterproof, electrical communication therebetween; the pump system positioned completely within the water reservoir, thereby being completely submergible within the supply of water; whereby the pump and the battery are electrically connected by connecting the waterproof receptacle connector and the waterproof plug connector; and whereby operating the pump in the supply of water provides the flowrate of water to the vertically oriented discharge, thereby pumping water upward and beyond the top surface of the supply of water.