Patent ID: 7044175

Claim:
A water cooler replenishing system for replenishing a freestanding water cooler from a conventional water supply bottle, comprising: a fluid pump, an inlet port and an outlet port; said inlet port and said outlet port being operatively connected in fluid communication with said pump; said pump having selective energizing means for urging water inward from said inlet port and outward through said outlet port; a water container having a top portion and a bottom portion, said top portion having a first opening, for feeding water to said water cooler; said bottom portion having a second opening for receiving water into said container; water collecting means disposed within said water supply bottle; said water collecting means comprising a supply tube having proximal and distal ends, the distal end being sized to pass into said conventional water supply bottle, for collecting fluid therefrom; said supply tube having first stop means, designed to prevent contact between the distal end of said supply tube and the bottom of said water supply bottle; a watertight fluid conduit from said water collecting means to said inlet port; water dispensing means directed through said second opening; said water dispensing means comprising a filler tube having proximal and distal ends, the distal end being sized to pass through said second opening for delivering fluid into said water container; said filler tube having second stop means, designed to prevent passage of said proximal end through said second opening; a watertight fluid conduit from said outlet port to said fluid dispensing means; whereby said water container may be inverted on said water cooler and said pump may be energized to collect water from said conventional water supply bottle and deliver water to said water container for replenishing said freestanding water cooler.