Downspout diverter and extension
AssigneeSpectra Metal Sales Inc.
InventorJeffrey Eugene Smith
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Abstract
A device is provided for use with a rain downspout to output water. The device may include an input port configured to receive the water. The device also may include a first output port and a second output port. The first output port may be configured to output a first portion of the received water in a first direction, and the second output port may be configured to output a second portion of the received water in a second direction.
Claims18
A device for use with a rain downspout to output water, the device comprising:
- an input port configured to receive the water from the rain downspout and having a tubular shape;
- a first output port having a tubular shape defining a first central axis;
- a second output port having a tubular shape defining a second central axis that is angled at a first acute angle relative to the first central axis;
- a third outlet port having a tubular shape defining a third central axis that is angled at a second acute angle relative to the second central axis and at a third acute angle relative to the first central axis, wherein the second outlet port is disposed between the first outlet port and the third outlet port, and wherein the second acute angle is equal to the first acute angle;
- a transition section extending between the input port and each of the first output port and the second output port and having a shape transitioning from the tubular shape of the input port to the tubular shapes of the first output port and the second output port;
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- a removable cap,
- wherein the first output port is configured to output a first portion of the received water in a first direction,
- wherein the second output port is configured to output a second portion of the received water in a second direction,
- wherein the third output port is configured to output a third portion of the received water in a third direction, and
- wherein the removable cap is configured to (i) cover the second output port to close the second output port and (ii) to be removed from the second output port to open the second output port.
A downspout extension for use with a rain downspout, the rain downspout being configured to output water, the downspout extension comprising:
- a downspout connector having a downspout connector input portion and a downspout connector output portion, the downspout connector input portion being configured to detachably fasten to the rain downspout to receive the water;
- a removable cap;
- an input flexible bellows having a first input flexible bellows end and a second input flexible bellows end, the first input flexible bellows end being configured to detachably fasten to the downspout connector output portion to receive the water;
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- a multi-directional downspout diverter comprising
- a diverter input port configured to detachably fasten to the second input flexible bellows end to receive the water and having a tubular shape,
- a first diverter output port having a tubular shape defining a first central axis,
- a second diverter output port having a tubular shape defining a second central axis that is angled relative to the first central axis, and
- a transition section extending between the diverter input port and each of the first diverter output port and the second diverter output port and having a shape transitioning from the tubular shape of the diverter input port to the tubular shapes of the first diverter output port and the second diverter output port,
- wherein the removable cap is configured to (i) cover the second diverter output port to close the second diverter output port and (ii) to be removed from the second diverter output port to open the second diverter output port.
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