Patent ID: 9173382
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A system for ensuring that a fish is held safely and returned to its aquarium in clean water after cleaning fishbowl or tank, said system comprising: outer and inner interlocking D shaped bowls; wherein said outer bowl is open at an upper end and has a closed lower end, said outer bowl having a sidewall which extends from the closed lower end to a rim at the upper end, and being provided with an outwardly facing spout at the rim, wherein an upper lip of the outer bowl is flared outwards to provide a means of grip, and the closed lower end is provided with an outwardly flared base, with drain holes in the form of notches in the base; the outer bowl being provided with a plurality of vertical ribs along interior sidewalls of the outer bowl, wherein said vertical ribs provide additional rigidity and clearance and act as standoffs to facilitate water flow through the system when said inner bowl is placed within the said outer bowl; the inner bowl having a flared lip at an open upper end to provide a means of grip, a sidewall extending between said flared lip and a lower end, and elongated horizontal gill ports at upper and lower ends of said inner bowl; wherein the lower end of the inner bowl is slanted at an angle, with the gill port of at the lower end of said inner bowl is formed at a junction of the inner bowl sidewall and said slanted lower end; wherein when the inner bowl is assembled within the outer bowl the inner bowl will be offset from the interior sidewall of the outer bowl by the depth of the vertical ribs and the flared lip will extend upwardly beyond the upper rim of said outer bowl, and water poured into the inner bowl will exit the inner bowl at the gill ports into the outer bowl where it fills the outer bowl before exiting the spout of the outer bowl.