Patent ID: 6761133
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
An aquarium device comprising:a base having a top side, a bottom side, a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side wherein said first and second sides are oppositely positioned with respect to each other, said top side having a depression therein, a peripheral edge of said depression having a slot therein extending around said depression; a valve for selectively opening and closing is used to facilitate draining water; a substantially rigid panel having a size and shape substantially equal to said peripheral edge of said depression, wherein said panel may abut said peripheral edge and generally cover said depression, said panel having a plurality of rows of slots extending therethrough; a housing having a top and bottom open end, said bottom end having an edge having size and shape substantially equal to the size and shape of said slot such that a bottom edge of said housing is extendable in said slot and a generally watertight seal is defined, said housing comprising a substantially transparent material; wherein said depression has side walls being angled downward toward a central area of said depression; and wherein said central area of said depression lies in a generally horizontally orientated plane, said central area having a length and width equal to at least Â½ a length and width of said base.