Patent ID: 8292195
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B05B,G09F

Abstract:
1. A frameless portable customizable water panel for displaying advertising and products that can also function as a self-serve drinking fountain comprising: a water column constructed of transparent material closed on all sides except at an open top, said water column having a front wall and a back wall, said front wall and said back wall held in approximately parallel, spaced-apart orientation by means of transparent strips approximately one-eighth the thickness of each wall that are glued between the sides and bottom of the front and back walls, by transparent discs glued to the inside faces of the front and back walls, and by rust-proof bolts with nuts that secure through strategically-placed bolt openings provided in the front and rear walls, said strips, discs, and thru-bolts with nuts located so as to maintain a space between the front and rear walls to contain the water and to prevent the front and rear walls from being pushed apart by the force of water contained between the walls, the front wall being shorter than the rear wall so that water pumped into the water column will overflow down the outside face of the front wall, cascading water tanks provided adjacent to the front wall for receiving water that flows down the outside face of the front wall, a bottom tank that serves as reservoir for the water that flows down through all the cascading water tanks above it, a water pump associated with said bottom reservoir, said water pump receiving water from the bottom reservoir and discharging water into a bottom of the front wall of the water column as a means of recirculating water to the water column, said water column and its spacer strips, said cascading water tanks and said bottom reservoir all being constructed of transparent material, such that the frameless water column appears to the eye to be but a single wall, removable shelves supported above each said cascading water tank by side walls of the cascading water tanks, each of said removable shelves held in spaced apart relationship from the front wall of the tank located immediately behind it so that water flows behind and under each removable shelf and does not contact any shelf so that the removable shelves remain dry, a front wall of the bottom cascading tank provided with at least one fountain opening extending through the front wall so that water contained within the bottom cascading tank flows through each fountain opening in a separate stream that falls into the bottom reservoir, and top edges of the tall water column provided with bevel of approximately 45 degrees so as to better receive and reflect upwardly projected light.