Patent ID: 9221668
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A container fill tube for hanging on a side wall of an open top tank of liquid comprising: a hose end boss having a counter bore formed in an end thereof, a hose thread is formed in said counter bore, said hose thread is threadably engagable with a male hose end thread, said hose end boss and said container fill tube are formed from a single piece of nonferrous material; a base tube includes a base inner perimeter, said base tube extends from an end of said hose end boss, said base inner perimeter communicates with said counter bore; a through hole is formed through an end of said thread counter bore into said base inner perimeter, said through hole includes a diameter that less than a diameter of said base inner perimeter and said thread counter bore; a ring groove is formed in an outer perimeter of said container fill tube between said hose end boss and said base tube, wherein said ring groove is used during a manufacturing process to create said hose thread; a hook tube includes a hook inner perimeter, said hook tube extends from a distal end of said base tube, said hook inner perimeter communicates with said base inner perimeter, said hook tube includes a substantially semi-circular shape; and a tubular transition having an inner entrance perimeter which is greater than an inner exit perimeter, said base tube extends from said inner entrance perimeter, said hook tube extends from said inner exit perimeter, wherein a bottom of an outside perimeter of said hook tube is hung on a top edge of the side wall of the open top tank of water to fill the open top tank with water.