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.
Claims18
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 at least 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.
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 at least one structural member having a first and second end, wherein the first end of a structural member extends through an aperture in at least one of the first and second end members or the first and second lateral sides;
- 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 a structural member of the drainage system to an end of a structural member in a sidewall of the trench.
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 at least 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.