Patent ID: 6440302
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: C02F

Abstract:
An improved portable water purifier of a type having a pitcher with a lower terminal wall and being divided vertically by a lateral partition into an upper compartment for holding raw water and a lower compartment for holding purified water, and a filter depending from the lateral partition into the lower compartment for purifying the raw water into the purified water, said improvement comprising:a) a base having a weight and replaceably supporting the pitcher thereon and acting as a coaster therefore; and b) a permanent magnet having a weight and encased throughout the base for delivering a concentrated and polarized magnetic charge through the lower terminal wall of the pitcher and into the purified water so as to polarize the purified water until its molecules are gradually rearranged from a normal agglomerated state into a more linear, organized, and substantially more permeable state that increases a body's ability to absorb and assimilate the purified water and obtain benefits therefrom, with the base providing triple duty as a support and coaster for the pitcher and as an enclosure for the permanent magnet and being separate from the pitcher when the pitcher is lifted so as not to have to contend with the weight of the base and the permanent magnet encased therein when pouring.