Patent ID: 7992602

Claim:
A device for aiding a person in adding salt to a water softener system, consisting of: a. a plurality of rectangular piping composed of straight and angled portions, said piping assembled to allow a first straight portion to be substantially vertical and substantially parallel to an outside wall and a second straight portion to be substantially vertical and substantially parallel to an interior wall and the angled portions assembled to create a diagonal portion through the vertical wall thereby connecting the portion substantially parallel to the outside wall with the portion substantially parallel to the interior wall wherein the portion of the rectangular piping substantially parallel to the outside wall is higher than the portion of the rectangular piping substantially parallel to the interior wall, wherein said device also consists of one or more means for securing the rectangular piping to the outside and interior walls, wherein said device also consists of material for supporting the angled piping where it transverses the wall of a building and, where in said device also consists of materials for supporting the portion of the device exterior to the building off the ground; b. a funnel composed of a first and a second end, the first end of which is generally rectangular shaped sized to interconnect with the end of the portion of rectangular piping substantially parallel to the outside wall; c. a cover sized to fit the top of said funnel, wherein said funnel cover also consists of a means for reversibly securing the cover to the funnel; and, d. an adapter piece composed of two ends, the first end sized to attach to the end of a piece of rectangular piping and the second end sized to attach to an opening on the water softener system for adding salt to said system.