Patent ID: 7232517

Claim:
A freestanding portable liquid filtration device comprising: an upper housing having an upper end, an enclosed lower end and an upper housing sidewall, said upper housing interiorly defining an upper chamber, and said enclosed lower end of said upper housing at least one aperture extending there through; a lower housing having an open top, an enclosed bottom and a lower housing sidewall, said lower housing interiorly defining a lower chamber, and said lower housing further having a lower housing sidewall with at least one discharge port disposed in a lower portion of said lower housing; said enclosed lower end of said upper housing and said open top of said lower housing being configured for fitting a portion of said lower end of said upper housing into an upper portion of said open top of said lower housing; a filtration element, said filtration element having a first portion through which fluid passes into said filtration element, a second portion from which fluid is discharged from within said filtration element, and an end portion with an annular-shaped shoulder which extends circumferentially around said end portion; wherein said filtration element is disposed with said first portion of said filtration element in fluid communication with said upper chamber, and with said second portion of said filtration element in fluid communication with said lower chamber; wherein liquid disposed within said upper chamber will flow through said first portion of said filtration element, through said filtration element, into said second portion of said filtration element and into said lower chamber in response to gravity, such that the liquid passes through said aperture in said lower portion of said upper chamber and into said lower chamber defined within said lower housing; a base having an upwardly facing opening for fitting said bottom of said lower housing within said upwardly facing opening; and wherein said base includes a light source which illuminates of said lower housing.