System and method for trapping and containing objects in storm sewer
OwnerThomas T. K. Zunginventor
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Abstract
A system for trapping and containing objects in a storm sewer that includes a liner, a collection portion and a base portion. The liner having a port. The collection portion is adapted to receive the liner. The base portion is adapted to receive at least a part of the collection portion. The base portion is mountable in a body of water. The base portion includes a port for attachment to a storm sewer pipe. When the part of the collection portion is received in the base portion, the liner port is in communication with the base portion port.
Claims20
A system for trapping and containing objects in a storm sewer comprising:
- a liner having a port;
- a collection portion that is adapted to receive the liner;
- a base portion that is adapted to receive at least a part of the collection portion, wherein the base portion is mountable in a body of water, wherein the base portion includes a port for attachment to a storm sewer pipe and wherein when the part of the collection portion is received in the base portion, the liner port is in communication with the base portion port.
A method of trapping and containing objects in a storm sewer comprising:
- placing a base portion in a body of water, wherein the base portion includes a port;
- operably attaching the base portion port to a storm sewer pipe;
- positioning a liner in a collection portion, wherein the liner includes a port;
- positioning at least a part of a collection portion in the base portion so that the base portion port is proximate the liner port;
- flowing storm water and objects through the storm sewer pipe and into the liner;
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- containing the objects in the liner while allowing the water to flow through the liner.
A system for trapping and containing objects in a storm sewer comprising:
- a liner having a port, wherein the liner is fabricated from a material that allows water to flow through the liner;
- a collection portion that is adapted to receive the liner, wherein the collection portion comprises a bottom wall that is movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration and wherein when the bottom wall is in the closed configuration, the liner is retained in the collection portion;
- a base portion having a recess formed therein that is adapted to receive at least a part of the collection portion, wherein the recess has a size and shape that are similar to a size and shape of the part of the collection portion that is received in the base portion, wherein the base portion is mountable in a body of water and wherein when the part of the collection portion is received in the base portion, the liner port is in communication with the base portion port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.