Aquarium assembly

Claim 2

An aquarium construction comprising, in combination: a. aquarium tank means, said aquarium tank means including a base frame element, a top frame element connected to said base frame element by a number of vertically extending strut members, and wherein said aquarium tank includes a bottom supported by said base frame element and upright wall means supported by said frame element, said top frame element and said vertically oriented struts, and wherein said aquarium tank includes a transparent top member supported thereon; and b. light means supported on said aquarium, said light means being operative for producing a lighting effect within said aquarium tank, and wherein said light means is horizontally adjustable relative to said aquarium tank for altering the light effect produced within said tank, c. said top member including a number of sections, said sections being individually movable between closed aquarium covering position and an aquarium access position; d. said aquarium tank top frame element including a horizontal supporting surface, said light means being slidably mounted on said horizontal supporting surface for effecting said horizontal adjustment relative to said aquarium tank, e. said aquarium top being supported on said top frame element horizontal supporting surface, and said light means being adjustable horizontally relative to said aquarium top; and f. said light means including an elongated light housing having a pair of end members, said housing being so dimensioned that said end members are supported for sliding movement on said top frame horizontal supporting surface, said end members including inwardly directed notches, with opposite side edges of said aquarium top being slidably received within said notches, whereby said light means is adjustable relative to said aquarium top frame element and said aquarium transparent top means.

Claim 3

An aquarium construction comprising, in combination: a. a rectangular base frame element having a horizontal upper supporting surface and a vertical retaining surface, said rectangular base frame element including a number of spaced transversely and longitudinally disposed upwardly directed recesses formed in the horizontal surface of said base frame element and spaced from and adjacent each of the corners of the base frame element, said upwardly directed recesses being of prescribed shapes; b. a rectangular top frame element having upper and lower horizontal supporting surfaces and a vertical retaining surface, said top frame element including a number of spaced transversely and longitudinally disposed downwardly directed recesses formed in the horizontal surface of said top frame element and spaced from and adjacent each of its corners said downwardly directed recesses being of prescribed shapes; c. means for connecting said rectangular frame element in vertically spaced relationship above said base frame element, said means for connecting said top frame element to said base frame element including four corner support struts, and wherein each of said struts includes a number of integrally spaced downwardly extending projections smaller than and extendiNg from the lower ends of said struts and a number of integrally spaced upwardly extending projections extending from the upper ends of said struts, said downwardly and said upwardly extending projections having dimensions and being in number complimentary to and respectively received in the upwardly and the downwardly directed recesses of the base frame element and top frame element, and wherein said base frame element and said top frame element are connected to each other in an assembled relationship with said downwardly extending projections projecting into said upwardly directed recesses to the extent that said lower ends of said struts abut the upper surface of said bottom frame element and with said upwardly extending projections projecting into said downwardly directed recesses to the extent that said upper ends of said struts abut the lower surface of said top frame element; d. bottom and wall means operatively supported by said base frame element, said top frame element and said strut element to define an upwardly open cavity; and e. a top cover means removably carried by the upper horizontal surface of said top frame element.

Claim 4

An aquarium construction comprising, in combination: a. a rectangular base frame element having a horizontal upper supporting surface and a vertical retaining surface, said rectangular base frame element including a number of spaced transversely and longitudinally disposed upwardly directed recesses formed in the horizontal surface of said base frame element and spaced from and adjacent each of the corners of the base frame element, said upwardly directed recesses being of prescribed shapes; b. a rectangular top frame element having upper and lower horizontal supporting surfaces and a vertical retaining surface, said top frame element including a number of spaced transversely and longitudinally disposed downwardly directed recesses formed in the horizontal surface of said top frame element and spaced from and adjacent each of its corners said downwardly directed recesses being of prescribed shapes; c. means for connecting said rectangular frame element in vertically spaced relationship above said base frame element, said means for connecting said top frame element to said base frame element including four corner support struts, and wherein each of said struts includes a number of integrally spaced downwardly extending projections smaller than and extendiNg from the lower ends of said struts and a number of integrally spaced upwardly extending projections extending from the upper ends of said struts, said downwardly and said upwardly extending projections having dimensions and being in number complimentary to and respectively received in the upwardly and the downwardly directed recesses of the base frame element and top frame element, and wherein said base frame element and said top frame element are connected to each other in an assembled relationship with said downwardly extending projections projecting into said upwardly directed recesses to the extent that said lower ends of said struts abut the upper surface of said bottom frame element and with said upwardly extending projections projecting into said downwardly directed recesses to the extent that said upper ends of said struts abut the lower surface of said top frame element; d. bottom and wall means operatively supported by said base frame element, said top frame element and said strut element to define an upwardly open cavity; and e. a top cover means removably carried by the upper horizontal surface of said top frame element.

Claim 5

An aquarium construction as required by claim 2 further characterized in that said aquarium includes light means slidably receiving said top means and slidably supported on said aquarium top frame element horizontal supporting surface, and wherein said light means includes reflector means for directing said light downwardly through said light transmitting top to produce lighting effects inside said upwardly opened cavity area.

Claim 6

An aquarium construction, comprising: a. side walls and a bottom assembled together to provide an upwardly opening cavity; b. a top frame element receiving the upper edges of said side walls, said top frame element having a horizontal supporting surface projecting inwardly and spaced downwardly from the top edge of said top frame element; c. strut members at the corners of said sidewalls; d. a light transmitting aquarium top means on said top frame element horizontally supporting surface; and e. light means includes an elongated support housing having a pair of end supporting frame elements, said end supporting frame elements being slidably supported by said horizontal supporting surface between said horizontal supporting surface and said edges of said top, said end supporting frame elements include inwardly directed notches for receiving opposite side edges of said aquarium top, whereby said housing is slidably supported on said horizontal supporting surface for adjustment relative to said top and said top frame element.

Claim 7

An aquarium construction, comprising: a. side walls and a bottom assembled together to provide an upwardly opening cavity; b. a top frame element receiving the upper edges of said side walls, said top frame element having a horizontal supporting surface projecting inwardly and spaced downwardly from the top edge of said top frame element; c. strut members at the corners of said sidewalls; d. a light transmitting aquarium top means on said top frame element horizontally supporting surface; and e. light means includes an elongated support housing having a pair of end supporting frame elements, said end supporting frame elements being slidably supported by said horizontal supporting surface between said horizontal supporting surface and said edges of said top, said end supporting frame elements include inwardly directed notches for receiving opposite side edges of said aquarium top, whereby said housing is slidably supported on said horizontal supporting surface for adjustment relative to said top and said top frame element.

Claim 8

An aquarium construction, comprising: a. side walls and a bottom assembled together to provide an upwardly opening cavity; b. a top frame element receiving the upper edges of said side walls, said top frame element having a horizontal supporting surface projecting inwardly and spaced downwardly from the top edge of said top frame element; c. strut members at the corners of said sidewalls; and d. a light transmitting aquarium top means supported on said horizontal supporting surface, said top means comprising: a flat cover portion having opposite ends and opposite edges and supported by its ends, by opposite portions of said horizontal supporting surface, hinge means secured to one of said edges of said cover portion, an access lid carried by its edge by said hinge means and adapted to be received by its other edge on said horizontal supporting surface in its closed position and being pivotable upwardly about said hinge means to an open position, and including a light means having a pair of opposed end supporting frame elements, said end supporting frame elements having inwardly opening notches slidably receiving said opposite ends of said top means, said end supporting elements being slidably received on said horizontal supporting surface.

Claim 9

An aquarium construction, comprising: a. side walls and a bottom assembled together to provide an upwardly opening cavity; b. a top frame element receiving the upper edges of said side walls, said top frame element having a horizontal supporting surface projecting inwardly and spaced downwardly from the top edge of said top frame element; c. strut members at the corners of said sidewalls; and d. a light transmitting aquarium top means supported on said horizontal supporting surface, said top means comprising: a flat cover portion having opposite ends and opposite edges and supported by its ends, by opposite portions of said horizontal supporting surface, hinge means secured to one of said edges of said cover portion, an access lid carried by its edge by said hinge means and adapted to be received by its other edge on said horizontal supporting surface in its closed position and being pivotable upwardly about said hinge means to an open position, and including a light means having a pair of opposed end supporting frame elements, said end supporting frame elements having inwardly opening notches slidably receiving said opposite ends of said top means, said end supporting elements being slidably received on said horizontal supporting surface.