US 12,286,782 B2
Stormwater management crate assembly with tapered columns
Adam Miller, Haddam, CT (US); Dan Swistak, Newmarket, NH (US); Bryan Coppes, Old Saybrook, CT (US); Ronald Vitarelli, Marlborough, CT (US); and Paul Holbrook, Old Saybrook, CT (US)
Assigned to Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., Hilliard, OH (US)
Filed by ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC, Hilliard, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/938,600.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/327,695, filed on Apr. 5, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/262,230, filed on Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/262,228, filed on Oct. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0116524 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. E03F 1/00 (2006.01); E03F 5/10 (2006.01); E03F 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC E03F 1/005 (2013.01) [E03F 5/14 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stormwater management crate for managing stormwater runoff, the crate comprising:
a top plate having a first plurality of support column attachments;
a plurality of support column assemblies located below the top plate, the support column assemblies affixed to the top plate at the support column attachments;
a bottom plate having a second plurality of support column attachments located below the support column assemblies; and
wherein the first and second plurality of support column attachments comprise a bayonet connection comprising a rib configured to prevent a pin from exiting the first and second plurality of support column attachments.