ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,882, issued on Aug. 4.
"Aquarium skimmer devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Robert Douglas Schmidt (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aquarium skimmer device can include a filter body that attaches to a water pump, filter, or power head, wherein the filter body is configured to hold a filter medium for filtering water that passes through the filter body. The skimmer device can also include a funnel holder that attaches to a top of the filter body, and a funnel assembly comprising a funnel. The funnel assembly can be received by the funnel holder and configured to float up and down with respect to the funnel holde...