US20040091320A1 - Subterranean drain device with improved filtration - Google Patents
Subterranean drain device with improved filtration Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- US20040091320A1 US20040091320A1 US10/663,110 US66311003A US2004091320A1 US 20040091320 A1 US20040091320 A1 US 20040091320A1 US 66311003 A US66311003 A US 66311003A US 2004091320 A1 US2004091320 A1 US 2004091320A1
- Authority
- US
- United States
- Prior art keywords
- fabric
- elements
- projections
- aperture
- improvement
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Abandoned
Links
Images
Classifications
-
- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
- E04F17/00—Vertical ducts; Channels, e.g. for drainage
-
- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
- E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
- E02B11/00—Drainage of soil, e.g. for agricultural purposes
-
- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
- E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
- E02D31/00—Protective arrangements for foundations or foundation structures; Ground foundation measures for protecting the soil or the subsoil water, e.g. preventing or counteracting oil pollution
- E02D31/02—Protective arrangements for foundations or foundation structures; Ground foundation measures for protecting the soil or the subsoil water, e.g. preventing or counteracting oil pollution against ground humidity or ground water
-
- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
- E04F2203/00—Specially structured or shaped covering, lining or flooring elements not otherwise provided for
- E04F2203/08—Specially structured or shaped covering, lining or flooring elements not otherwise provided for with a plurality of grooves or slits in the back side, to increase the flexibility or bendability of the elements
Abstract
A water-impervious, non-biodegradable, unitary drainage device with multi-directional rollup capability. The invention features a monolithic “sandwich” construction consisting of planar top and base sheets which are set apart by an array of supports. The supports are disposed between and integrally joined to the sheets. Selective and off-set through-cuts, in the top and bottom sheets, impart to the invention the multi-dimensional rollup capability. Rods, optionally hollow, are used as connectors to join two or more of the devices, so that their internal drain channels are in an efficient, confluent alignment. A filtering adjunct is provided that assures exclusion of particulate in soil emplacements, yet obviates the need for aggregate. The fabric used for filtration is prevented from occluding, by impaction, most drainage apertures; it being fixed to a permanent stand-off network of supportive projections from the top or bottom sheets.
Description
- This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/318,644, filed on Dec. 16, 2002 by the same inventor, entitled: Subterranean Drainage Device (in issue), which was a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/292,298, filed on Nov. 12, 2002 by the same inventor, entitled: Drainage and Footing Form Device, both for which priority under 35 USC 119(e) and 120 is hereby claimed.
- Not Applicable
- 1. Field of the Invention
- This invention relates generally to devices and constructs used to effect subterranean drainage from building entrenchments, such as footings, foundations and walls, where seepage and ground water are a problem, and also under garage and basement floors where overburden of concrete exacerbates the drainage problem by frustrating most existing devices or their filtering adjuncts. More specifically, this invention embodies a filtration improvement to known planar or “sandwich” devices that are relatively rigid apparata, with respect to their installation, yet can be rolled up in one or two directions, as well as in two alternate directions, while having filter fabric permanently adhered to at least one of the planar surfaces.
- 2. Discussion of Relevant Art
- It has long been a practice, in the construction industry, to provide some form of drainage in subterranean structures. Ground water seepage is an incessant problem in most non-arid regions of the world and building footings, garage floors (multi-level) and walls facing surface and sub-surface waters have been most susceptible to water incursions. Many drainage devices have been provided, as well as adjuncts thereto, in order to provide adequate carry-off of these undesired waters; some of the adjuncts provide a modicum of filtration of the minute particulate that is so common in most soils. In many cases, the filtering mechanisms must employ more than one medium of sifting-filtering material because of the varied aggregate and soil or sand mix in which the construction takes place. Over the years, the industry has progressed from sealing walls and such with tar and providing graded stone barriers between structure and earth, to the use of prefabricated drain devices combined with overlays of unique geo-textiles that filter out fine particulate, do not environmentally degrade and obviate, to some degree, the need for vast amounts of stone interposed the structure and earth.
- Although for the most part such draining, with concomitant filtration, is performed using tiles, stone and paper/fabric overlay (such as in drywell and septic usages), conscientious builders have transitioned to more effective and reliable forming, draining and filtering modalities. The instant improvement, in fact, provides all three modalities in a single device that can be used both adjacent and beneath concrete structures.
- Two patents are germane to discussion of the present invention: U.S. Pat. No. 5,466,092, issued Nov. 14, 1995, entitled: FORM-DRAIN FILTER and U.S. Pat. No. 5,634,741, issued Jun. 3, 1997, entitled: FORM-DRAIN FILTER CLAMP. To my knowledge, this was the first combination of a concrete form, that was communicative (through multiple foramens) with ground waters and was provided a filter adjunct comprised of geo-textile fabric. The former reference established the principle that a filter fabric might be secured to the surface of the form-drain by some adhesion means, while the latter provided physical mechanisms (various clamps) that effected the same attachment. Further, the latter shows a dual-channeled drain. The main limitations in this art follow from the single purpose nature of the drain device—it is a concrete form, and no more. Also, fixing the fabric to the discrete units of the drain may present set-up cutting problems, in the field. Thus, these devices do not reflect the broad range of usefulness acquired by the sub-surface drainage devices, with filter, shown in the instant disclosure and its cross-referenced applications.
- Unfortunately, with the use of a smaller and multi-channel, more flexible and sophisticated drainage device capable of far-ranging usage, comes the likelihood of filtering problems that require a more elegant structure, especially if the filtering element is to be provided during manufacture. That a filter is desirable, given the nature of very small aperture drain mechanisms, is rationalized by the observation that even water can be impeded, in its passage through the apertures, if the fabric is pressed into the perforations by concrete or soil overburden.
- As indicative of the art that pre-existed before the above patent, U.S. Pat. No. 3,888,087, for FOUNDATION WALL PROTECTIVE SHEET ('087), offers one of the first devices for providing dimples (posts or detents), as a stand-off mechanism for spacing a filter fabric from the single plane base of the device, and a physical folding crease to accommodate bending about a foundation. This apparatus is quite flexible, but using only a filter fabric as a second ply, it lacks the overburden capability for which I designed my planar devices. Further, and of significant detriment, is the requirement that the filtering medium be applied in situ, when the devices are installed.
- Because they show both the present state of the art in drainage devices having an internal channeled structure, as well as disclosing filtering adjuncts or various standoff mechanisms, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,466,092, 5,634,741 and 3,888,087, with the aforesaid priority applications, are hereby incorporated by reference.
- Generally throughout this disclosure, words of description and claim shall have meanings given by standard English usage; however, certain words will be used that may have a more stylistic meaning and are defined as follows:
- construct—herein, generally, an article or a building structure;
- continual—having intermittent, or periodic, breaks or discontinuities;
- continuous—having no breaks or discontinuities;
- integral—necessary to complete or in itself complete;
- nodule—a projection of indefinite shape that can be sinuous, elongate or be, simply, a detent or post;
- off-set—a term describing the state of slices, or slice patterns, that are parallel to others of the genre, but not overlapping nor superposed—as opposed to “alternating”, which compels an ordered off-setting of patterns;
- partitio—an projection separating two planar sheets, incipiently continuous but rendered continual by various slices, according to the instant teaching;
- permeable—anything, having a character that allows a substance, such as a fluid, to pass through it;
- posts—as used herein, projected elements, also dimples (in prior art) or detents;
- rigidity—a physical property of an object wherein the object substantially resists deflection in a particular dimension (direction) or plane;
- sandwich—the configuration made by placing one planar surface over, but set apart from, another;
- slice—a through-cut in the surface(s) of the invention that passes through an intervening partition, but does not penetrate the opposite surface or plane;
- stand—off—a spacing element or device;
- tent—a sub-structure of the instant invention that consists of a fixed draping of the filter fabric over or about a drain device surface aperture from which the fabric, as well as particulates, must be excluded;
- tubule—a support element of the filter structure that defines, generically, any and all support projections having tube-like morphology, whether hollow; and,
- unitary—having wholeness, as in a single unit or monolith composed of plural members.
- The above listing is not exhaustive. Certain other stylized terms, used previously or hereafter, are defined at the time of their first usage or placed in quotation marks and used with conventional wording.
- The deficiencies or limitations of the earlier art are overcome by providing an inexpensive, easily applied innovation allowing continued rollup capability to a state-of the art drain device that bears a fixed filter fabric over at least one surface.
- The preferred embodiment of the invention is worked on a pre-existing drainage device that consists in a generally water-impervious, semi-rigid plastic “sandwich”, having top and bottom planar members separated by a series of parallel partitions or a post matrix; either forming an integral and monolithic unit with the planar members. Foramens are provided on the surface that is interposed the device and a water source, such as ground or under-the-floor seepage. Whether the partition, or post, interstitial paradigm is employed, remains a manufacturer's and consumer's choice. In either structure, channels are formed for the communication of waters through a surface of the sandwich and into a drainage network. The sandwich device is, in itself, capable of withstanding considerable overburden without collapsing. The instant invention modifies the sandwich device by placing in it a series of linear slices (“cuts”) that imbue the sandwich with the desired high degree of flexibility, while retaining essentially all of its structural strength.
- To prevent soil or concrete overburden from pressing filter fabric into the apertures or foramens of the drain device, multiple short projections known as dimple, detent, partition, post or nodule networks/arrays are employed as stand-off mechanisms. These stand-offs provide supports, the tops of which are overlain by, and fixed to, the geo-textile filter fabric.
- The stated goal being achieved, there is acquired not only a device that has unlimited in-ground use, with high overburden sustainability, but one retaining a high degree of flexibility that allows compact rolling, for ease in handling, storage and shipment.
- Of the Drawings:
- FIG. 1 is a prior art illustration of a subterranean drainage article that is improved by the instant invention;
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of the FIG. 1 device conformed to the improvements of the invention;
- FIG. 3 is an elevation of the invention, taken at3-3 of FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 is a plan view of the FIG. 2 device conformed to the improvements of the alternate embodiment of the invention;
- FIG. 5 is an elevation of the alternate embodiment of the invention, taken at5-5 of FIG. 4;
- FIG. 6 is an elevation of the alternate embodiment of the invention, taken at6-6 of FIG. 4;
- FIG. 7 is an isometric illustration of the invention featuring post-type projections;
- FIG. 8 is a plan view of the invention featuring cross-pattern slices of the alternate embodiment;
- FIG. 9 is a drawing of an article of the invention, as derived from FIG. 1;
- FIG. 10 is a copy of FIG. 5 showing the filter adjunct in cross-section;
- FIG. 11 is a copy of FIG. 6 showing the filter adjunct in cross-section; and
- FIG. 12 is a detail, taken at12 of FIG. 11.
- The drainage device of the prior art, shown in FIG. 1, is employed in construction situations where there is required an unusual strength to sustain heavy earth, gravel or concrete overburdens, such as those encountered in basements, parking garages and earthworks. It is packaged as stacked elements and, because of its monolithic structure, resists the tendency to roll or curl that attends a segmented or discontinuous structure. For the most part, there is shown here a first example or exhibit EX1 of the device, and a second, EX2, joined by an adjunct, a hollow coupling rod or spline R, devised by the instant inventor to aid in the alignment of the apparatus. In the prior art, the device is either affixed to a wall or lain on a prepared earthwork. Perforations or holes H are provided so that seepage will readily enter the otherwise liquid-impermeable top plane. For the sake of clarity, such hole H illustrations will be generally omitted from subsequent drawings, with but a nominal few being shown in FIGS. 4, 7 and 8. Final to installation, a filter fabric F is overlain the device(s), to exclude soil particulate or liquid suspensions that could foul the drain channels D; filtration is improved, hereinafter.
- Referring to FIG. 2, there is shown a partial cut-away plan view of the preferred embodiment of the
invention 10. The monolithic, non-biodegradable and, preferably, polymeric plastic structure consists integrally in atop plane 12, abottom plane 14 and an interstitialparallel partition 16 structure. That the separating partitions are perpendicular to the separated planes 12,14, as shown in the post-separated model of FIGS. 7 and 8, is not a hard and fast rule of the instant inventor. Because the article of this invention is most easily acquired by the process of extrusion, almost any strength-lending interstitial structure may be realized; for example, X-shaped supports (not shown) would do just as well in providing weight-bearing strength and shape retention. The only attribute required, besides the foregoing, is that water passages or drain channels D be provided. - Continuing in FIG. 2, slices18 are shown in the top plane; such top plane slices are continued through any intervening supports and are termed, simply, support slices 20. It must be noted here that the support slices 20 are confined only to the
support mechanisms 16 and do not enter thebottom plane 14. Referring to the cut-away portion of FIG. 2, there can be seen a single instance of abottom plane slice 19, in off-set relationship with anytop plane slice 18. Like the slicing technique used in the top plane,bottom plane 14slices 19, cut through any interveningsupport 16, but not thetop plane 12. FIG. 3, taken at 3-3 of FIG. 2, exemplifies this feature of the invention. Referring specifically to FIG. 3, this elevation view, looking into the partition structure, shows thetop plane 12slices 18 penetrating the interveningpartition 16 as partition slices 20; but, the slices do not penetrate theopposite plane 14. The off-set character of the slices in a plane surface cutting through only intervening supports, but not the opposite plane, forms the nexus of the invention. It is this unique technique that allows the invention to be rolled into two dimensions, above or below the plane shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 5-7. It is stressed that the instant inventor teaches an off-set slicing technique, rather than an “alternating” one. In this invention, the manufacturer has, for any reason, the option of employing any slice pattern in an ordered or non-ordered manner, depending on the desired degree of flexibility (and thus, roll ability). - In a cut-away plan view, FIG. 4 depicts an alternate embodiment of the
invention 10 having another off-set slice pattern, similar to that of FIGS. 2 and 3, but in an orthogonal or cross-hatch array. This embodiment features the second array composed of paralleltop slices 22 andbottom slices 23; here, theslices - FIGS. 5 and 6, taken respectively at5-5 and 6-6 of FIG. 4, are analogous to FIG. 3, showing, in two views, that the second slice pattern differs little from the first, but now lends further bi-directional roll ability in the second, orthogonal dimension of this “sandwich” plane. Again, the hole(s) H shown is(are) nominal, and represent plural such apertures in the design.
- The isometric illustration of FIG. 7, along with its correlative plan view, FIG. 8, show, essentially, the
invention 10 previously described, but in analternate embodiment 11. Here, the invention takes on the basic aspects of the instant inventor's earlier work: abottom sheet 14 of non-biodegradable, plastic type of material (ABS, PVC, CPVC, polypropylene or similar); truncatedpost-type projections 17, from and integrally joined to the base sheet; and a top,planar structure 12 secured to the tops of theposts 17. The top structure effected here (and in his earlier work) is a plurality of strips, but it is most accurately defined as a continuous planar sheet that is rendered discontinuous by one ormore slices 18, as shown. All other previously disclosed incidents of the invention are present, including: holes H in one surface (of the plane/sheet); off-set top andbottom slices bottom slices slices - Earlier, it was discussed that the invention readily lent itself to an extrusion construction process. However, this is not a limiting factor in its physical realization. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8,
bottom plane 14 projectscylindrical posts 17, which portray, in the abstract, any variety of fiusto-geometrical constructs, such as rectilinear, trapezoidal or cylindrical detents, dimples or projections. [NOTE: As shall be seen hereinafter, networks of similar projections are useful on the surface of one or both of the planar surfaces for attaching the aforementioned filter fabric so as to maintain it in set apart relationship with the surface, particularly away from, but yet proximate, any slice, hole or similar aperture in that surface, and thus, obtain improved filter characteristics.] Such constructs are formed by extrusion, molding, machining and/or rolling mill techniques. Subsequently, the top plane(s) 12 is(are) affixed to the lower plane-support ensemble and final machining takes place to achieve the character of this instant invention. Since the field is well informed of the manufacturing techniques employed to make this invention, further comments of this nature are now deferred. After thetop plane 12 is provided, machining is performed, as necessary, to acquire the cuts orslices - Addressing now the improved filtration aspects (ibid., above NOTE), FIGS. 9 through 12 define multiple projection features that are provided as filter fabric supports, but which are permanently fixed to the fabric during the manufacturing process. Because the
slices - Referring to FIG. 9, there is shown a subterranean drainage/form device EX1 of the familiar sandwich construction consisting, minimally of a
top plane 12 over abottom plane 14, both planes spaced apart but integrally joined by a plurality ofpartitions 16. Upgrading this device to the drain of the instant invention is done by the previously mentioned machining/milling techniques; here, such provideslices 18 and holes H. The crux of this improvement, relating to filtration, lies in the technique of providing , on one or two of the planar surfaces, an array of stand-offs or projections that serve as props for is the filter fabric F tenting (not shown). The clear distinction of fabric usage, herein, is the adhesion of the fabric to tops of all, or a preponderance of all, the projections. Further, the projections are of varied forms, construction and adaptation: theforms including tubules 100, arced/sinuous tubules 102, dimples/detents 104, split platforms (button) 106, and ribs/vanes 108; the construction being integral (with initial extrusion or molding), milling, and high viscosity lay down; and, adaptation of the projections to the fabric by pre-formation (as integral construction) and adhesion or concurrent projection formation (say, by extrusion of adhesive) and overlay of fabric with adhesion, just prior to completion of adhesive curing. Most of these methods are in current use in a number of industries such as that which produces cellular window treatments, vehicle body repair, and even dentistry. It is not the purpose of this disclosure to discuss the many manufacturing techniques available for realizing the invention; hereafter only the resultant articles are related. - FIGS. 10 and 11 show the filtration improvements adapted to the articles of FIGS. 5 and 6, respectfully. In these figures, it should be understood that the type of projections used, as well as types and quantities, remain the manufacturer's prerogative. The straight projections (or nodules), e.g.,100, 108, that parallel the drain chambers, are readily extruded with the sandwich production (FIG. 9, EX1). These, as well as the remaining types, 102-106, are applied as or with adhesive or by milling/stamping. The advantage of using an adhesive for the creation of the projections is that the fabric can be applied during the curing process. It would seem that the most economical forms consist in detents/
dimples 100,tubules 104 and ribs/vanes 108 (see phantom plurality in FIG. 11), in order of expense. The platform/button 106 would be practical if theplanes - Finally, the
detail 12, of FIG. 11, is presented in FIG. 12 to illustrate that during the adhesive lay down phase, it may be useful, and therefore preferable, to employ a lamination or contact of the fabric F directly to certain non-aperture portions of the drain device (see 110 in leftmost portion). Transverse strips along the full length and width of the device would facilitate cutting the sandwich during installation and could also be used to provide slack in the fabric covering, to aid in rolling the finished drain.
Claims (14)
1. A filtering adjunct to a sandwich-type, subterranean drainage device comprising:
a network of stand-off elements that are fixedly disposed on, and project from, a planar surface of the device; and,
a fluid-permeable filter fabric overlain and adhered to tops of the elements, effecting a filter cover over, and set apart from, said surface.
2. The adjunct of claim 1 , wherein said elements are supportive projections selected from the class of formations consisting of tubules, detents, posts, ribs, elongate fins and sinuous/arced nodules, which are formable by extruding, molding and lay-down techniques.
3. The adjunct of claim 2 , wherein sufficient elements are disposed proximate a preponderance of apertures in the surface to effect a fixed fabric tent structure.
4. The adjunct of claim 3 , wherein the fabric is adhered to the surface at selected non-aperture portions to facilitate cutting of the device.
5. A particulate filtration system for use with a sandwich-type, surface-aperture and interiorly channeled subterranean drainage device comprising a geo-textile filter fabric overlying and joined to tops of a plurality of discrete, fixed projections that emanate from at least one planar surface of the device, and including placement of the projections effectively about any aperture in said surface to effect a stand-off tenting of the fabric over said aperture.
6. The system of claim 5 further comprising projections of at least one morphology selected from the class of formations consisting of tubules, detents, posts, ribs, elongate fins and sinuous/arced nodules, which are formable by extruding, molding and lay-down techniques.
7. The system of claim 6 wherein the fabric is adhered to the surface at selected non-aperture portions to facilitate cutting of the device.
8. In a sandwich-type, channeled drainage device that features at least one planar, multi-aperture surface, over which a geo-textile filter fabric is superposed, an improvement characterized by a multiplicity of stand-off elements disposed on and extending in a substantially orthogonal projection from said surface into fixed contacts with said geo-textile filter fabric, thereby effecting a fabric tenting that is discretely held and spaced away from at least a preponderance of apertures in said multi-aperture surface.
9. The improvement of claim 8 wherein the fabric is adhered to the surface at selected non-aperture portions to facilitate cutting of the device.
10. The improvement of claim 8 wherein said elements are projections of varying shapes and sizes so as to present a rigid, fabric-securing support structure proximate said at least a preponderance of apertures.
11. The improvement of claim 10 wherein said varying shapes of said elements are selected from the class of forms consisting of tubules, strings, arcs, ribs and flats.
12. The improvement of claim 10 wherein said varying shapes of said elements are molded into the device.
13. The improvement of claim 10 wherein said varying shapes of said elements are extruded with and as an integral part of the device.
14. The improvement of claim 10 wherein said varying shapes of said elements are adhesive in character and are applied to the device after its construction.
Priority Applications (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
US10/663,110 US20040091320A1 (en) | 2002-11-12 | 2003-09-16 | Subterranean drain device with improved filtration |
US10/775,459 US6866447B1 (en) | 2003-09-16 | 2004-02-10 | Multi-use fluid collection and transport apparatus |
US11/366,934 US20060147270A1 (en) | 2003-09-16 | 2006-03-02 | Coil matrix apparatus and methods of use thereof |
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
US10/292,298 US20030200708A1 (en) | 2002-04-25 | 2002-11-12 | Drainage and footing form device |
US10/318,644 US6648550B1 (en) | 2002-11-12 | 2002-12-16 | Subterranean drainage device |
US10/663,110 US20040091320A1 (en) | 2002-11-12 | 2003-09-16 | Subterranean drain device with improved filtration |
Related Parent Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US10/318,644 Continuation-In-Part US6648550B1 (en) | 2002-11-12 | 2002-12-16 | Subterranean drainage device |
Related Child Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US10/775,459 Continuation-In-Part US6866447B1 (en) | 2003-09-16 | 2004-02-10 | Multi-use fluid collection and transport apparatus |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
US20040091320A1 true US20040091320A1 (en) | 2004-05-13 |
Family
ID=32233099
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US10/663,110 Abandoned US20040091320A1 (en) | 2002-11-12 | 2003-09-16 | Subterranean drain device with improved filtration |
Country Status (1)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US20040091320A1 (en) |
Cited By (11)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US20050224690A1 (en) * | 2004-04-12 | 2005-10-13 | Hobbs George J | Water-permeable concrete pad and form |
US20070181197A1 (en) * | 2006-02-08 | 2007-08-09 | Brentwood Industries, Inc. | Water drain tank or channel module |
US20080047886A1 (en) * | 2006-08-23 | 2008-02-28 | Contech Stormwater Solutions, Inc. | Stormwater Filter and Mount Assembly |
US20080124175A1 (en) * | 2006-05-09 | 2008-05-29 | Darrell Riste | Water extraction panels system |
US20080166182A1 (en) * | 2005-02-04 | 2008-07-10 | Paddy Smith | Subsurface Stormwater System |
US20080190059A1 (en) * | 2004-04-12 | 2008-08-14 | Hobbs George J | Water-permeable concrete pad and form |
US20090229195A1 (en) * | 2008-03-13 | 2009-09-17 | John Murphy | Grave marker grid support system |
US20110062069A1 (en) * | 2007-12-06 | 2011-03-17 | Couch Richard E | Subsurface sewage disposal and wastewater treatment system |
US20150113888A1 (en) * | 2013-10-25 | 2015-04-30 | Marcel NICOLAS | Device and method for keeping humidity/water away from concrete foundations and provide insulation |
US9045874B1 (en) * | 2014-06-03 | 2015-06-02 | The American Drain Company, LLC | Drain assembly for use in an outdoor setting |
US9416515B2 (en) * | 2013-10-25 | 2016-08-16 | Marcel NICOLAS | Device and method for keeping humidity/water away from concrete foundations and provide insulation |
Citations (10)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3888087A (en) * | 1973-04-11 | 1975-06-10 | Oivind Lorentzen Activities In | Foundation wall protective sheet |
US4466092A (en) * | 1982-12-27 | 1984-08-14 | Gte Automatic Electric Inc. | Test data insertion arrangement for a conference circuit |
US4572700A (en) * | 1983-03-31 | 1986-02-25 | Monsanto Company | Elongated bendable drainage mat |
US4574541A (en) * | 1981-07-10 | 1986-03-11 | Ewald Dorken Gmbh & Co. Kg | Foundation-drainage panel |
US4704048A (en) * | 1986-03-03 | 1987-11-03 | John Ahlgrimm | Subterranean drainage |
US4730953A (en) * | 1986-10-15 | 1988-03-15 | Tarko Paul L | Insulated waterproof drainage material |
US4840515A (en) * | 1986-12-05 | 1989-06-20 | Mirafi, Inc. | Subterranean drain |
US4943185A (en) * | 1989-03-03 | 1990-07-24 | Mcguckin James P | Combined drainage and waterproofing panel system for subterranean walls |
US5634741A (en) * | 1995-09-27 | 1997-06-03 | Tremblay; Richard L. | Form-drain filter clamp |
US6247874B1 (en) * | 1997-02-04 | 2001-06-19 | Ming-Chun Hu | Drainage and strap drain materials |
-
2003
- 2003-09-16 US US10/663,110 patent/US20040091320A1/en not_active Abandoned
Patent Citations (10)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3888087A (en) * | 1973-04-11 | 1975-06-10 | Oivind Lorentzen Activities In | Foundation wall protective sheet |
US4574541A (en) * | 1981-07-10 | 1986-03-11 | Ewald Dorken Gmbh & Co. Kg | Foundation-drainage panel |
US4466092A (en) * | 1982-12-27 | 1984-08-14 | Gte Automatic Electric Inc. | Test data insertion arrangement for a conference circuit |
US4572700A (en) * | 1983-03-31 | 1986-02-25 | Monsanto Company | Elongated bendable drainage mat |
US4704048A (en) * | 1986-03-03 | 1987-11-03 | John Ahlgrimm | Subterranean drainage |
US4730953A (en) * | 1986-10-15 | 1988-03-15 | Tarko Paul L | Insulated waterproof drainage material |
US4840515A (en) * | 1986-12-05 | 1989-06-20 | Mirafi, Inc. | Subterranean drain |
US4943185A (en) * | 1989-03-03 | 1990-07-24 | Mcguckin James P | Combined drainage and waterproofing panel system for subterranean walls |
US5634741A (en) * | 1995-09-27 | 1997-06-03 | Tremblay; Richard L. | Form-drain filter clamp |
US6247874B1 (en) * | 1997-02-04 | 2001-06-19 | Ming-Chun Hu | Drainage and strap drain materials |
Cited By (19)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US20080190059A1 (en) * | 2004-04-12 | 2008-08-14 | Hobbs George J | Water-permeable concrete pad and form |
US20050224690A1 (en) * | 2004-04-12 | 2005-10-13 | Hobbs George J | Water-permeable concrete pad and form |
US7621695B2 (en) * | 2005-02-04 | 2009-11-24 | Paddy Smith | Subsurface stormwater system |
US20080166182A1 (en) * | 2005-02-04 | 2008-07-10 | Paddy Smith | Subsurface Stormwater System |
US7591610B2 (en) * | 2006-02-08 | 2009-09-22 | Brentwood Industries, Inc. | Water drain tank or channel module |
US20070181197A1 (en) * | 2006-02-08 | 2007-08-09 | Brentwood Industries, Inc. | Water drain tank or channel module |
US20080124175A1 (en) * | 2006-05-09 | 2008-05-29 | Darrell Riste | Water extraction panels system |
US20080047886A1 (en) * | 2006-08-23 | 2008-02-28 | Contech Stormwater Solutions, Inc. | Stormwater Filter and Mount Assembly |
US8216479B2 (en) | 2006-08-23 | 2012-07-10 | Contech Stormwater Solutions Llc | Stormwater filter and mount assembly |
US8142106B2 (en) * | 2007-12-06 | 2012-03-27 | Richard E. Couch | Subsurface sewage disposal and wastewater treatment system |
US20110062069A1 (en) * | 2007-12-06 | 2011-03-17 | Couch Richard E | Subsurface sewage disposal and wastewater treatment system |
US7637061B2 (en) * | 2008-03-13 | 2009-12-29 | Plinths And Caissons, Llc | Grave marker grid support system |
US20090229195A1 (en) * | 2008-03-13 | 2009-09-17 | John Murphy | Grave marker grid support system |
US20150113888A1 (en) * | 2013-10-25 | 2015-04-30 | Marcel NICOLAS | Device and method for keeping humidity/water away from concrete foundations and provide insulation |
US9074335B2 (en) * | 2013-10-25 | 2015-07-07 | Marcel NICOLAS | Device and method for keeping humidity/water away from concrete foundations and provide insulation |
US9416515B2 (en) * | 2013-10-25 | 2016-08-16 | Marcel NICOLAS | Device and method for keeping humidity/water away from concrete foundations and provide insulation |
US9045874B1 (en) * | 2014-06-03 | 2015-06-02 | The American Drain Company, LLC | Drain assembly for use in an outdoor setting |
US11512444B2 (en) | 2014-06-03 | 2022-11-29 | The American Drain Company, LLC | Drain assembly for use in an outdoor setting |
US11840819B2 (en) | 2014-06-03 | 2023-12-12 | The American Drain Company, LLC | Drain assembly for use in an outdoor setting |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
US20040091320A1 (en) | Subterranean drain device with improved filtration | |
US4639165A (en) | Drainage tube | |
EP0595515A1 (en) | Finned subterranean drainage device and method for fabricating the same | |
US20030200708A1 (en) | Drainage and footing form device | |
US4145157A (en) | Modular drain field section | |
JP2003193543A (en) | Construction method for draining ground and member used therefor | |
US6866447B1 (en) | Multi-use fluid collection and transport apparatus | |
US3780977A (en) | Concrete form liner | |
US6648550B1 (en) | Subterranean drainage device | |
US5852906A (en) | Internal-wall drain system | |
KR102075202B1 (en) | Retaining Walls, and Construction Method of Underground Structure | |
JP2006274790A (en) | Prefabricated panel sea bank | |
KR20010008914A (en) | Drain Board and Drainage method using the same | |
US20050175419A1 (en) | Drainage support matrix | |
JP4661185B2 (en) | Underwater structure with water gradient | |
US20240076846A1 (en) | High flow capacity flexible earth drainage system and method for relieving and conveying pore water | |
JP2003253611A (en) | Boundary block | |
CN219117864U (en) | Splashproof water road of permeating water | |
JPH11172680A (en) | Back-fill material for drainage and drainage structure using the same | |
JPS5853315Y2 (en) | Shoring material for waterway construction | |
KR100853495B1 (en) | The processing method for removing water out of the damp ground by using water | |
CN213682391U (en) | Precast concrete guiding gutter system in landscape engineering | |
AU2001100275B4 (en) | Improved flexible drainage cell | |
JPH0624459Y2 (en) | Gutter device that infiltrates part of running water underground | |
CN206693359U (en) | A kind of sponge honeycomb reinforcement system |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
STCB | Information on status: application discontinuation |
Free format text: ABANDONED -- FAILURE TO RESPOND TO AN OFFICE ACTION |