Modular drainage device and system
AssigneeDouglas Robinson
InventorJason Maxwell Pautz
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Abstract
A drainage assembly module comprising a body formed from walls that define an enclosed fluid channel extending from an inflow end to an outflow end. The module also includes at least one support member extending from at least one of the walls and spanning the fluid channel. The module also includes a first locking mechanism disposed on at least one of the walls and located proximate to an opening at the outflow end, and a second locking mechanism disposed on at least one of the walls and located proximate to the opening at the inflow end. The opening at the inflow end of the fluid channel has a smaller cross-sectional area than the opening at the outflow end of the fluid channel. The shape of the first locking mechanism is configured to removably engage with a shape of the second locking mechanism.
Claims19
A drainage assembly module, comprising:
- a body formed from a plurality of walls that define an enclosed fluid channel extending from an inflow end to an outflow end, wherein at least two opposing walls of the plurality of walls continuously taper along the entirety of a length of the body from the inflow end to the outflow end;
- at least one support member extending from at least one of the walls and spanning the fluid channel, wherein the at least one support member is disposed in at least a portion of the outflow end and wherein the at least one support member is not disposed in a portion of the inflow end;
- a first locking mechanism disposed on at least one of the walls and located proximate to an opening at the outflow end;
- a second locking mechanism disposed on at least one of the walls and located proximate to an opening at the inflow end, wherein:
- the opening at the inflow end has a first cross-sectional area,
- the opening at the outflow end has a second cross-sectional area that is smaller than the first cross-sectional area, and
- the first locking mechanism is configured to removably engage with the second locking mechanism.
A drainage system, comprising:
- a first drainage assembly module;
- and
- a second drainage assembly module removably coupled to the first drainage assembly module, wherein each drainage assembly module comprises:
- a body formed from a plurality of walls that define an enclosed fluid channel extending from an inflow end to an outflow end, wherein at least two opposing walls of the plurality of walls continuously taper along the entirety of a length of the body from the inflow end to the outflow end;
- at least one support member extending from at least one of the walls and spanning the fluid channel, wherein the at least one support member is disposed in at least a portion of the outflow end and wherein the at least one support member is not disposed in a portion of the inflow end;
- a first locking mechanism disposed on at least one of the walls and located proximate to an opening at the outflow end;
- a second locking mechanism disposed on at least one of the walls and located proximate to an opening at the inflow end, wherein:
- the opening at the inflow end has a first cross-sectional area,
- the opening at the outflow end has a second cross-sectional area that is smaller than the first cross-sectional area, and
- the first locking mechanism is configured to removably engage with the second locking mechanism, and
- wherein the first locking mechanism of the first drainage assembly module is removably engaged with the second locking mechanism of the second drainage assembly module to form an elongated fluid channel extending from the inflow end of the first drainage assembly module to the outflow end of the second drainage assembly module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.