Patent ID: 7648629

Claim:
A portable filtration device for filtering water from a body of water, the device comprising: an inflatable floatation chamber arranged to support the device to float on the body of water; a filtration housing supported below the floatation chamber so as to be arranged to be suspended integrally with the floatation chamber in the body of water; a filtered water reservoir supported below the inflatable floatation chamber so as to be arranged to be suspended integrally with the floatation chamber in the body of water; the filtration housing having an inlet, an outlet, and a filtration medium arranged to filter water passing therethrough from the inlet to the outlet; the inlet of the filtration housing being arranged for communication with the body of water; the outlet of the filtration housing being in communication with the filtered water reservoir; and a primary pump supported by the floatation chamber so as to be arranged to be suspended integrally with the floatation chamber in the body of water; the primary pump being arranged to pump water from the body of water through the filtration housing and into the water reservoir; the floatation chamber being collapsible from an in-use position in which the floatation chamber is inflated and arranged to provide buoyancy to support the filtration housing and the primary pump and a storage position in which the floatation chamber is collapsed in relation to the in-use position; and the filtered water reservoir being collapsible from an in-use position in which the filtered water reservoir is arranged to receive filtered water therein from the outlet of the filtration housing and a storage position in which the filtered water reservoir is collapsed in relation to the in-use position.