Patent ID: 7798333

Claim:
A liquid filtering system comprising: a filtering apparatus having a receiving receptacle coupled with an adapter having an adapter channel terminating at a generally planar surface defining an adapter port for receiving a vacuum, the adapter port being substantially unmovable relative to any part of the adapter channel, the adapter also having an interface for removably coupling with an output receptacle for receiving filtered liquid from the filtering apparatus, the adapter being configured to couple between the receiving receptacle and output receptacle; and a base suspending the receiving and output receptacles and having a substantially rigid housing containing an internal vacuum channel terminating at a base vacuum delivery port, the base vacuum channel terminating at a generally planar surface defining the base vacuum delivery port, the base vacuum delivery port being substantially unmovable relative to the base vacuum channel, the adapter being removably couplable with the base to connect the adapter port to the base vacuum delivery port and to suspend the receiving and output receptacles, the adapter configured so that the adaptor port generally planar surface abuts the base vacuum delivery port generally planar surface to fluidly connect the base vacuum delivery channel and the adapter channel.