US 11,969,678 B2
Container assembly
Madeline A. Donovan, Pleasanton, CA (US); Rick T. Nishijima, Pleasanton, CA (US); Federico Macoretta, Pleasanton, CA (US); Russell E. Bell, Pleasanton, CA (US); and Piercy Yau, Causeway Bay (HK)
Assigned to BRITA LP, Brampton (CA)
Filed by Brita LP, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/833,122.
Application 17/833,122 is a continuation of application No. 16/801,891, filed on Feb. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,364,456.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/812,704, filed on Mar. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297034 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01D 35/143 (2006.01); B01D 29/05 (2006.01); B01D 35/157 (2006.01); B67D 3/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01); C02F 1/28 (2023.01)
CPC B01D 35/143 (2013.01) [B01D 29/05 (2013.01); B01D 35/1573 (2013.01); B67D 3/0061 (2013.01); B67D 3/0093 (2013.01); C02F 1/003 (2013.01); C02F 1/008 (2013.01); C02F 1/283 (2013.01); B01D 2201/291 (2013.01); B01D 2201/304 (2013.01); C02F 2201/005 (2013.01); C02F 2307/10 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system to contain a fluid, comprising:
a container having:
one or more sidewalls extending from a first end to a second end, and
a bottom wall extending between the one or more sidewalls;
a dispensing assembly operable to allow the fluid to be selectively dispensed from the container;
a filter assembly selectively connectable to the container; and
a monitoring system to indicate a feature of the container or the filter assembly, wherein the monitoring system includes a light sensor to sense existence of an ambient light when the filter assembly is selectively removed from the container, the monitoring system is operable to generate a reset signal based on sensing of the ambient light, and the monitoring system is integrated into the filter assembly.