US Patent Issued to Spectrum Brands on Feb. 18 for "Aquarium filter arrangement with vibration isolation" (Virginia, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,723, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Spectrum Brands Inc. (Middleton, Wis.).

"Aquarium filter arrangement with vibration isolation" was invented by William D. Himes (Radford, Va.), William Nathan Brunner (St. Peters, Mo.), John Shumate (Shawsville, Va.), Daniel Anderson Newman (Salem, Va.) and Donald Barry Huehn (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter arrangement for an aquarium is disclosed. The filter arrangement can include a filter housing assembly, a pump assembly, and a transfer tube assembly. In one aspect, the housing assembly and the pump assembly are separately constructed assemblies that are connected t...