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US 2006/0233612 A1Published application
Storm water retention chambers
OwnerRobert DiTullioinventor
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Abstract
A connection chamber for waste water and storm water collection, the connection chamber including an arch-shaped cut out in a side thereof, the arch-shaped cut out sized to receive an arch-shaped row connector, which is provided to couple rows of chambers to each other. The coupling of various rows of chambers to each other facilitates to relatively even flow of fluid throughout the field of chambers.
Claims29
A stormwater management system, comprising:
- a first arch-shaped connection chamber having:
- an elongated body portion including a plurality of upstanding ribs positioned along a length thereof and an open bottom;
- an end rib, positioned at one end of said elongated body portion, said end rib being smaller than said plurality of ribs and designed to mate with a larger rib at an end of a chamber structure to couple said connection chamber to the chamber structure in an end-to-end fashion;
- a first arch-shaped cut out positioned at a bottom portion in a side wall of said connection chamber
- at least one ribbed chamber structure mated to said first arch-shaped connection chamber by seating an open end of said ribbed chamber structure to said one end rib of said first arch-shaped connection chamber;
- a second arch-shaped connection chamber having:
- an elongated body portion including a plurality of upstanding ribs positioned along a length thereof and an open bottom;
- an end rib, positioned at one end of said elongated body portion, said end rib being smaller than said plurality of ribs and designed to mate with a larger rib at an end of a chamber structure to couple said connection chamber to the chamber structure in an end-to-end fashion;
- a second arch-shaped cut out positioned at a bottom portion in a side wall of said connection chamber;
- at least one ribbed chamber structure mated to said second arch-shaped connection chamber by seating an open end of said ribbed chamber structure to said one end rib of said second arch-shaped connection chamber;
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- an arch-shaped row connector having first and second ends, the first end being positioned within said first arch-shaped cut out of said first arch-shaped connection chamber, and the second end being positioned within said second arch-shaped cut out of said first arch-shaped connection chamber.
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A water management system, comprising:
- a first arch-shaped connection chamber having:
- an elongated body portion including a plurality of upstanding ribs positioned along a length thereof and an open bottom;
- an end rib, positioned at one end of said elongated body portion, said end rib being smaller than said plurality of ribs and designed to mate with a larger rib at an end of a chamber structure to couple said connection chamber to the chamber structure in an end-to-end fashion;
- a first arch-shaped cut out positioned at a bottom portion in a side wall of said connection chamber
- at least one chamber structure connected to said first arch-shaped connection chamber;
- a second arch-shaped connection chamber having:
- an elongated body portion including a plurality of upstanding ribs positioned along a length thereof and an open bottom;
- an end rib, positioned at one end of said elongated body portion, said end rib being smaller than said plurality of ribs and designed to mate with a larger rib at an end of a chamber structure to couple said connection chamber to the chamber structure in an end-to-end fashion;
- a second arch-shaped cut out positioned at a bottom portion in a side wall of said connection chamber;
- at least one chamber structure connected to said second arch-shaped connection chamber;
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- an arch-shaped row connector having first and second ends, the first end being positioned within said first arch-shaped cut out of said first arch-shaped connection chamber, and the second end being positioned within said second arch-shaped cut out of said first arch-shaped connection chamber.
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A system for using molded chamber structures to collect waste water or storm water comprising:
- an arch-shaped connection chamber having:
- an elongated body portion including a plurality of upstanding ribs positioned along a length thereof and an open bottom;
- an end rib, positioned at one end of said elongated body portion, said end rib being smaller than said plurality of ribs and designed to mate with a larger rib at an end of a chamber structure to couple said connection chamber to the chamber structure in an end-to-end fashion;
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- a first arch-shaped cut out positioned at a bottom portion in a side wall of said connection chamber.
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An arch-shaped connection chamber for coupling together rows of molded chamber structures comprising:
- a body portion including an open bottom;
- an upstanding end rib, positioned at one end of said body portion, said end rib designed to mate with a starting rib at an end of a chamber structure to couple said connection chamber to the chamber structure in an end-to-end fashion;
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- a first arch-shaped cut out positioned at a bottom portion in a side wall of said connection chamber, said cut out formed to engage with an arch-shaped row connector.
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A method of connecting molded chamber structures to each other comprising the steps of:
- coupling a first connection chamber to a first row of chamber structures in an end-to-end fashion;
- coupling a second connection chamber to a second row of chamber structures in an end-to-end fashion;
- providing an arch-shaped cut out in a side wall of the first and second connection chambers, the arch-shaped cut outs positioned at lower portions of the side walls;
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- coupling the first connection chamber to the second connection via an arch-shaped row connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.