| CPC E03F 5/14 (2013.01) | 12 Claims |
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1. A trap assembly for capturing and preventing prohibited materials from entering a municipal sewer disposal system, comprising:
a trap having a floor and an interior cavity with an inlet at a first end thereof and an outlet at a second opposing end thereof, wherein a lower flow path comprises a flow enters said interior cavity via said inlet, flows through said interior cavity and exits said interior cavity via said outlet;
an operable lid on said trap allowing access to said interior cavity;
a capture mechanism comprising an array of capture elements selected from the group consisting of: hooks, barbs, and combinations thereof, positioned within said interior cavity in the lower flow path adjacent and proximate to said outlet, said capture elements disposed on the floor and aligned in a direction opposing said lower flow path configured and arranged to capture prohibited materials contained in said discharge flow to retain said prohibited materials within said lower flow path to create an obstruction to said discharge flow,
wherein said trap assembly, said inlet being connected to a sewer lateral exiting from said structure, said outlet being connected to a pipe discharging to a municipal sewer system,
wherein said captured prohibited materials collect on said interior cavity within said lower flow path until said captured prohibited materials prevent further flow through said lower flow path.
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