Patent ID: 6848628

Claim:
A modular fountain, comprising: a pump for circulating water in said fountain, said pump having a power cord for supplying electrical power to said pump; a statue having a lower surface, including an opening extending therein; a bowl having an upper curved surface defining a concave portion for storing water and a lower surface, said bowl having an opening extending through both said lower surface and said upper curved surface of said bowl; a pump housing for supporting said statue and for containing said pump, said pump housing extending from said upper curved surface of said bowl and including a top wall having an opening extending therethrough for access to an internal portion of said pump housing, said pump housing being disposed on said upper curved surface of said bowl so that said opening in said bowl allows access to said internal portion of said pump housing; a first bayonet connector for removably connecting said statue to said pump housing, and comprising a first collar rigidly disposed in said opening in said lower surface of said statue and a second collar rigidly disposed in said opening extending through said top wall of said pump housing, said first collar of said first bayonet connector being engageable with said second collar of said first bayonet connector, said first bayonet connector having a passage therethrough so that, when said first collar of said first bayonet connector is engaged with said second collar of said first bayonet connector, a passageway exists between said cavity of said statue and said internal portion of said pump housing; a base for supporting said bowl, said base having a cavity therein, an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface of said base having an opening extending therethrough, said lower surface of said base for resting on a support surface; a second bayonet connector for removably connecting said bowl to said base, said second bayonet connector comprising a first collar rigidly disposed in said opening in said bowl and a second collar rigidly disposed in said opening extending through said upper surface of said base, said second bayonet connector having a passage therethrough so that, when said first collar of said second bayonet connector is engaged with said second collar of said second bayonet connector, a passageway exists between said internal portion of said pump housing and said cavity of said base; and a conduit extending through said opening in said bowl, wherein, when said bowl is connected to said base by said second bayonet connector, said conduit is operable to provide a passage for said power cord of said pump from said pump housing into said cavity of said base.