Patent ID: 7201842

Claim:
A screened gravity-fed water funnel comprising: a substantially conically-shaped water-permeable mesh screen, a funnel releasably mounted to, in fluid cooperation with, said screen, a flexible tether mounted to said screen, an anchor mounted to said tether, opposite to said screen, wherein said anchor is mounted at an upstream end of said tether and an upstream narrow end of said screen is mounted to a downstream end of said tether, and wherein an upstream wide-end of said funnel is mounted to a downstream wide-end of said screen, and wherein a hose coupler is mounted to a downstream narrow end of said funnel, wherein said anchor and said tether when anchored in a water-course suspends said screen downstream of said anchor and said funnel downstream of said screen and wherein said tether urges said screen into alignment with a direction of water flow along said water-course, whereby a supply of water from the water-course flows through the screen and funnel so as to provide water to a water hose when connected to said hose coupler.