Patent ID: 6439163
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A wall mountable aquarium for replacing a picture window of a building, the wall mountable aquarium comprising:a tank having an interior space defined by a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall and a pair of end walls, said interior space being adapted for containing fish and a habitat to support the fish; a sill plate being adapted for coupling to a bottom of a frame for the picture window such that said sill plate is adapted for aligning said tank with the frame for the picture window; a heater assembly being coupled to said bottom wall of said tank, said heating assembly having an intake conduit and an output conduit adapted for circulating water of the habitat through a heat exchanger for warming the water; said sill plate having a backing plate and a base plate such that said backing plate upwardly extends from a front edge of said sill plate, said bottom wall of said tank being for resting on said base plate such that said front wall of said tank abuts said backing plate for ensuring alignment of said bottom wall of said tank and said base plate of said sill plate; and said sill plate having an alignment plate downwardly extending from a rear edge of said base plate opposite said backing plate, said alignment plate being adapted for abutting against a side of the bottom of the frame to align said sill plate with the frame.