Fluid Container with Air Lock Prevention

1 . A fluid container comprising:

a body for containing fluid;

a fluid outlet on a first wall of the body at which said contained fluid exits the body; and

a filter arranged within the body substantially parallel to, and spaced from, a second wall of the body,

wherein the second wall adjoins the first wall with the outlet in the space between the filter and the second wall so that said contained fluid passes through the filter before exiting the outlet, and

the second wall declines from the adjoined first wall when the container is disposed with the filter above the second wall.

2 . A container according to claim 1 , further comprising a fluid inlet on a third wall of the body at which fluid enters the body to be contained therein, the inlet being disposed higher than the filter when the container is disposed with the filter above the second wall.

3 . A container according to claim 2 , wherein the second and third walls are interconnected by a fourth wall of the body, the second, third and fourth walls defining a floor of the body when the container is disposed with the filter above the second wall.

4 . A container according to claim 3 , wherein the second wall inclines from the adjoined fourth wall to the adjoined first wall when the container is disposed with the filter above the second wall.

5 . A container according to claim 4 , wherein the inlet is disposed in the third wall so that the entering fluid is caused to flow along the third wall, then pass through the filter, and then flow along the second wall up the incline from the third wall to the first wall when the container is disposed with the filter above the second wall.