Nesting stormwater chamber endcaps
AssigneeAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
InventorAdam MILLER
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Abstract
Consistent with disclosed embodiments, a stackable endcap of a chamber for holding and discharging stormwater may be provided. The stackable endcap may include an endcap body having a wall with a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface, the concave inner surface of the wall defining an interior volume of the stackable endcap; a substantially planar foot extending from a lower edge of the endcap body; and a protruding inner rim running along an inner edge of the endcap body. The stackable endcap may be configured to be stacked with at least one additional endcap such that at least one of the foot or the inner rim of the stackable endcap contacts the additional endcap while the wall of the endcap body is spaced apart from a wall of the additional endcap.
Claims22
A stackable endcap of a chamber for holding and discharging stormwater, the stackable endcap comprising:
- an endcap body having a wall with a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface, the concave inner surface of the wall defining an interior volume of the stackable endcap;
- a substantially planar foot extending from a lower edge of the endcap body;
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- a protruding inner rim running along an inner edge of the endcap body,
- wherein the stackable endcap is configured to be stacked with at least one additional endcap such that at least one of the foot or the inner rim of the stackable endcap contacts the additional endcap while the wall of the endcap body is spaced apart from a wall of the additional endcap.
A system for holding and discharging stormwater, the system comprising:
- a stormwater chamber formed from a chamber body and a stackable endcap connected to an end of the chamber body,
- wherein the stackable endcap comprises:
- an endcap body having a wall with a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface, the concave inner surface of the wall defining an interior volume of the stackable endcap that is open to an interior volume of the chamber;
- a substantially planar foot extending from a lower edge of the endcap body;
- and
- a protruding inner rim running along an inner edge of the endcap body,
- wherein the stackable endcap is configured to be stacked with at least one additional endcap such that at least one of the foot or the inner rim of the stackable endcap contacts the additional endcap while the wall of the endcap body is spaced apart from a wall of the additional endcap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.