outlet is disclosed in addition to a housing defining a volume with an inlet and an outlet and a filtration media envelope inside said volume the filter further includes an envelope spacing means to support the envelope against collapse and fluid flow spacing means between the housing and the envelope in a preferred embodiment the envelope spacing means comprises a grid assembly inside the envelope connected to the housing inlet to maintain proper positioning application_number US 14207188 A description two presently preferred embodiments are shown in the drawings however their external appearance from the vantage point of fig1 is identical one presently preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in fig2 fluid filter 10 comprises two pan members a cover pan member 20 placed in opposed relation to a bottom pan member 40 sealingly fastened by a hermetically sealing overmold 60 the overmold 60 is similar to the overmold disclosed in u s pat no 4 113 627 to hayden leason the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference a filtration media envelope 11 is enclosed in the volume created by the pan members 20 and 40 and is supported against collapse upon itself by an envelope spacer grid 80 which thus acts as an envelope spacer means the fluid enters the filter through inlet 41 passes through filtration media 11 and then exits the filter through outlet 21 as shown in fig2 and 3 cover pan member 20 is a generaly cup shaped plastic shell comprising a generally flat base.