Roof drain cover
AssigneeRoofguard Manufacturing, LLC
InventorDonald G. Huber
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Abstract
A cover for a drain. The cover may be used with roof drains or other drains and allow for fluid collection into the drain even with buildup of debris around or on the cover. The cover may have a lower flange or skirt portion with a large area and extending outwardly in an arcuate or polygonal configuration and having openings for fluid flow. The lower portion may be oriented at a positive, zero, or negative angle with respect to the horizontal. The lower portion may be wider than a drain body over which the cover is used. An upper portion may be connected to the lower portion and may be more vertically-oriented than the lower portion and having openings.
Claims20
A cover for a drain, the cover comprising:
- a dome extending vertically from a lower portion to an upper edge to form a sidewall having a rectangular shape and configured to abut a vertical scupper drain opening, the dome having a plurality of first elongated openings extending through the dome;
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- a skirt coupled with the lower portion of the dome and having an outer edge, the skirt configured to be located horizontally next to the vertical scupper drain opening, wherein at least a portion of the skirt flares outward from the dome toward the outer edge in a first direction that forms an acute angle A with a portion of a vertical axis that extends below the skirt, wherein the skirt forms a plurality of second elongated openings extending through the skirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.