Patent Publication Number: US-2019191674-A1

Title: Lamp and Fish Tank Combination Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to illuminated aquarium devices and more particularly pertains to a new illuminated aquarium device for emitting light downwardly towards the aquarium and outwardly from a light source. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tank that is configured to be filled with water and house fish. A lighting unit is positioned on top of the tank. The lighting unit emits light downwardly into the tank and laterally from the lighting unit when the lighting unit is turned on. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a top front view of a lamp and fish tank combination assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is an exploded view of components of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure taken along line  5 - 5  of  FIG. 4 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new illuminated aquarium device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the lamp and fish tank combination assembly  10  generally comprises a tank  12  that is filled with water and houses fish  14 . The tank  12  includes a base  16  that has a top side  18  and a bottom side  20 . A perimeter wall  22  is attached to and extends upwardly from the base  16 . The perimeter wall  22  comprises a transparent material and has an upper edge  24  that forms an opening  26  that extends into an interior  28  bounded by the perimeter wall  22 . The perimeter wall  22  may have a cylindrical shape but may have another shape. 
     A lighting unit  30  is positioned on top of the tank  12 . The lighting unit  30  emits light downwardly into the tank  12  and laterally from the lighting unit  30  when the lighting unit  30  is turned on. The term “laterally” here means above and outside of the tank  12  such that the lighting unit lights an area round the tank  12  so that it may be used to illuminate a room containing the tank  12 . The lighting unit  30  comprises a housing  32  that includes an upper wall  34  and a peripheral wall  36  that is attached to and extends downwardly from the upper wall  34 . The peripheral wall  36  is translucent. The upper wall  34  is removable from the peripheral wall  36 . 
     A plurality of light emitters  38  is mounted in the housing  32 . Each of the light emitters  38  emits light downwardly into the tank  12  and outwardly through the peripheral wall  36  when the light emitters  38  are turned on. Each of the light emitters  38  comprises a light emitting diode. A window  40  is attached to the peripheral wall  36  and covers the light emitters  38  such that the light emitters  38  are positioned between the window  40  and the upper wall  34 . The window  40  may comprise of a lens such that the window  40  may reflect light outwardly from the housing  32  at different angles as well as change a color of the light emitted. 
     A power switch  42  is electrically coupled to each of the light emitters  38  and is actuated to turn the light emitters  38  on. The power switch  42  is mounted on the peripheral wall  36 . A power supply  44  is electrically coupled to the light emitters  38 . The power supply  44  is positioned within the housing  32  and is accessible when the upper wall  34  is removed from the peripheral wall  36 . The power supply  44  comprises at least one battery. 
     In use, the assembly  10  is used conventionally as a light source. The tank  12  is positioned upright with the base  16  on a ground surface  46 . The power switch  42  is actuated to illuminate each of the light emitters  38 . Each of the light emitters  38  emits light downwardly toward the tank  12  and outwardly from the peripheral wall  36  such that the light emitters  38  act as a conventional light source. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.