US 11,987,938 B2
Drainage device and methods for constructing and use
Blake Locke, Houston, TX (US); Tim Wallace, Troutman, NC (US); Tom Simon, Statesville, NC (US); and Charles Gunter, Mooresville, NC (US)
Assigned to ABT, Inc., Troutman, NC (US)
Appl. No. 16/621,962
Filed by ABT, INC., Troutman, NC (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/037138
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 12, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/231852, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/545,104, filed on Aug. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/545,112, filed on Aug. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/518,427, filed on Jun. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0190747 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
Int. Cl. E01C 11/22 (2006.01); E01D 19/08 (2006.01); E03F 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC E01C 11/227 (2013.01) [E01D 19/086 (2013.01); E03F 5/04 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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 each one of said first lateral side, second lateral side, first end member, and second end member defines 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,
wherein the aperture of the first lateral side is structured to allow a first end of a first structural member of the plurality of structural members to extend through the aperture of the first lateral side, wherein the aperture of the second lateral side is structured to allow a second end of the first structural member to extend through the aperture of the second lateral side,
wherein the aperture of the first end member is structured to allow a first end of a second structural member of the plurality of structural members to extend through the aperture in first end member, wherein the aperture of the second end member is structured to allow a second end of the second structural member to extend through the aperture in the second end member.