Catch basin clamp system
AssigneeCampbell-ERS L.L.C.
InventorClifford F. Lill
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Abstract
A clamp includes a base section, from which a pair of sidewalls and prongs extend, where the prongs are designed to grip gussets within the curb inlet and maintain proper alignment with designated portions of the restrictor plate despite manufacturing variations in gussets positioning within the curb inlet. The clamp is capable of securely positioning a floatable restrictor plate within or flush with an opening of the curb inlet so as to prevent floatables from entering storm sewer systems through the curb inlet.
Claims14
A clamp for securing a restrictor plate so as to be co-planar with a front face of or within a curb inlet of a storm drain catch basin, said clamp comprising:
- a flattened base adapted to seat against said restrictor plate;
- a pair of sidewalls substantially perpendicular to and extending from opposing ends of said flattened base, each of said sidewalls terminating at a distal end in a gripping portion capable of gripping a section of said curb inlet;
- and
- an adjustment member slidably disposed against said flattened base and through co-planar slots in said pair of sidewalls,
- wherein an aperture in said adjustment member may be slidably positioned for access through a slot in said flattened base for securing said flattened base to said restrictor plate, the slot in said flattened base having a greater length along a first axis than along a second axis, the first axis extending between and substantially perpendicular to said sidewalls and the second axis extending perpendicularly to the first axis, and
- wherein said aperture in said adjustment member is capable of being slidably positioned across substantially an entire extent of said greater length of said slot in said flattened base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.