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US 11,987,938 B2Granted
Drainage device and methods for constructing and use
AssigneeABT, Inc.
InventorsBlake Locke, Tim Wallace, Tom Simon, Charles Gunter
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Abstract
The present invention is manufactured to prevent the difficulties that may arise when installing a drainage system into a trench that has been cut into a sidewall of a building containing a network of structural members. The present invention is developed to produce a secure and effective connection between the structural member(s) of a drainage system and the structural members in the sidewall of a building in order to increase the stability of the drainage system within the sidewall.
Claims15
A drainage system that is structured to be fixedly embedded within a curable medium having a structural support comprising a plurality of structural members, the drainage system comprising:
- an open-faced channel having a first and second lateral side and a first and second end member, wherein the first end member is attached to one end of the first and second lateral sides, the second end member is attached to the opposing end of the first and second lateral sides, and the first and second lateral sides and the first and second end members are spaced apart by a predetermined distance to define an interior space therebetween,
- wherein each one of said first lateral side, second lateral side, first end member, and second end member defines an aperture structured to matingly engage one of the plurality of structural members to thereby tie the drainage system into the structural support for the curable medium,
- wherein the aperture of the first lateral side is structured to allow a first end of a first structural member of the plurality of structural members to extend through the aperture of the first lateral side, wherein the aperture of the second lateral side is structured to allow a second end of the first structural member to extend through the aperture of the second lateral side,
- wherein the aperture of the first end member is structured to allow a first end of a second structural member of the plurality of structural members to extend through the aperture in first end member, wherein the aperture of the second end member is structured to allow a second end of the second structural member to extend through the aperture in the second end member.
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A method of installing a drainage system, the method comprising:
- providing an open-faced channel having a first and second lateral side and a first and second end member, wherein the first end member is attached to one end of the first and second lateral sides, the second end member is attached to the opposing end of the first and second lateral sides, and the first and second lateral sides and the first and second end members are spaced apart by a predetermined distance to define an interior space therebetween;
- providing a first structural member having a first and second end, wherein the first end of the first structural member extends through an aperture in the first end member, and the second end of the first structural member extends through an aperture in the second end member;
- providing a second structural member having a first and second end, wherein the first end of the second structural member extends through an aperture in the first lateral side, and the second end of the second structural member extends through an aperture in the second lateral side;
- positioning the drainage system in a trench, wherein the trench comprises at least two sidewalls that each contain at least one structural member having an end;
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- securing the first end of the at least one structural member of the drainage system to an end of the structural member in one of the at least two sidewalls of the trench.
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A method of manufacturing a drainage system that is structured to be fixedly embedded within a curable medium having a structural support comprising a plurality of structural members, the method comprising:
- providing an open-faced channel having a first and second lateral side and a first and second end member, wherein the first end member is attached to one end of the first and second lateral sides, the second end member is attached to the opposing end of the first and second lateral sides, and the first and second lateral sides and first and second end members are spaced apart by a predetermined distance to define an interior space therebetween,
- wherein each one of said first lateral side, second lateral side, first end member, and second end member define an aperture structured to matingly engage one of the plurality of structural members to thereby tie the drainage system into the structural support for the curable medium,
- wherein the aperture of the first lateral side is structured to allow a first end of a first structural member of the plurality of structural members to extend through the aperture the first lateral side, wherein the aperture of the second lateral side is structured to allow a second end of the first structural member to extend through the aperture of the second lateral side,
- wherein the aperture of the first end member is structured to allow a first end of a second structural member of the plurality of structural members to extend through the aperture in first end member, wherein the aperture of the second end member is structured to allow a second end of the second structural member to extend through the aperture in the second end member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.