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US 10,240,351 B2Granted
Elevator trench drain
AssigneeZurn Industries, LLC
InventorsDavid M. Gomo, Robert A. DiPlacido, Jaroslaw J. Plachotnik, Jason E. Morris
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Abstract
A trench drain includes a trench and a grating hingedly connected to the trench. The trench has a base wall with peripheral side walls extending upwardly therefrom and the trench defines a trench volume therein. The peripheral side walls of the trench have a pair of opposing elongated slots formed therein and the grating has a pair of posts on opposing ends thereof. Each of the pair of posts on the grating are received in a respective one of the pair of opposing elongated slots of the trench.
Claims10
A trench drain comprising:
- a trench having a base wall with peripheral side walls extending upwardly therefrom, the trench defining a trench volume therein;
- a grating hingedly connected to the trench;
- wherein the peripheral side walls of the trench have a pair of opposing elongated slots integrally formed therein and the grating has a pair of posts on opposing ends thereof and wherein each of the pair of posts on the grating are received in a respective one of the pair of opposing elongated slots of the trench;
- wherein the pair of opposing elongated slots are formed by a wall extending generally perpendicularly from the peripheral side wall of the trench volume and wherein the wall forms a closed loop forming one of the slots into which one of the posts of the grating is received;
- wherein the pair of elongated slots are elongated in the front to rear direction such that the grating is twistable relative to the trench to provide clearances for assembly of the grating to the trench by insertion of the pair of posts into the pair of opposing elongated slots.
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