Rainwater diverter apparatus

A rainwater diverter apparatus for use on a downspout, the rainwater diverter apparatus comprising

• a housing body that includes:
• an inlet that is shaped to interface with an upstream portion of the downspout for fluidly connecting an interior of the housing body and the downspout;
• a primary outlet that is formed in a first bottom section of the housing body and that is shaped to interface with a downstream portion of the downspout;
• a water-receiving reservoir that is formed within a second bottom section of the housing body that is separate from the first bottom section;
• and
• a plurality of secondary outlets that are fluidly connectable to at least one external collection reservoir and that are positioned on at least one sidewall of the second bottom section of the housing body;
• and
• a water deflector that is manipulatable between a first deflection position for deflecting rainwater towards the primary outlet, and a second deflection position for deflecting rainwater towards the water-receiving reservoir;
• wherein a cross-sectional area of the inlet is substantially equivalent to a cross-sectional area of the primary outlet such that the bottlenecking of rainwater flowing through the primary outlet is substantially inhibited;
• and
• wherein the cross-sectional area of the inlet is substantially equivalent to a combined cross-sectional area of the plurality of secondary outlets such that the bottlenecking of rainwater flowing through the plurality of secondary outlets is substantially inhibited.

A rainwater diverter apparatus for use on a downspout, the rainwater diverter apparatus comprising

• a housing body that includes:
• an inlet that is formed on a top end of the housing body and that is shaped to interface with an upstream portion of the downspout for fluidly connecting an interior of the housing body and the downspout;
• a primary outlet that is formed in a first bottom section of the housing body and that is shaped to interface with a downstream portion of the downspout;
• a water-receiving reservoir that is formed within a second bottom section of the housing body that is separate from the first bottom section;
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• a plurality of secondary outlets that are positioned on the second bottom section of the housing body and that are fluidly connectable to at least one external collection reservoir;
• and
• a water deflector that includes an upstream end, a downstream end, and a deflecting surface extending between the upstream and downstream ends, the water deflector being removably mountable within the interior of the housing body, at least partly below the inlet, in a first deflection position for deflecting rainwater towards the primary outlet in the first bottom section of the housing or a second deflection position for deflecting rainwater towards the water-receiving reservoir in the second bottom section of the housing
• wherein the deflector is structured such that:
• i) in the first deflection position, a topmost extent of the water deflector is disposed above each of the first bottom section and the second bottom section for downwardly deflecting rainwater towards the primary outlet in the first bottom section of the housing;
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• ii) in the second deflection position, the topmost extent of the water deflector is disposed above each of the first bottom section and the second bottom section for downwardly deflecting rainwater towards the water-receiving reservoir in the second bottom section of the housing.