US 12,139,903 B2
Drain cover with mesh retaining channel
Edmund Duban, Spring, TX (US)
Assigned to Meshflo Products, LLC, Spring, TX (US)
Filed by Meshflo Products, LLC, Spring, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/152,869.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/267,035, filed on Jan. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0235545 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. E03F 5/04 (2006.01); E03F 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC E03F 5/041 (2013.01) [E03F 5/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drain cover assembly for use in a drainage system comprising an underground catch basin or an underground flow conduit, comprising:
a drain cover having an upper surface and lower surface, the drain cover comprising a zone around its perimeter and a grating grid within the zone, wherein the perimeter zone comprises a channel, and wherein the grating grid comprises a plurality of grating members defining openings in between, wherein the openings are configured to permit a liquid to flow into the underground catch basin or the underground flow conduit, wherein the drain cover is configured to be connected to the underground catch basin or to the underground flow conduit proximate to its lower surface;
a channel cover ring having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the lower surface of the channel cover ring comprises a shape to mate with a shape of the channel to allow the channel cover ring to be connected to the drain cover;
means for connecting the channel cover ring to the drain cover; and
a mesh cover, wherein the mesh cover is configured to cover the grating grid at the upper surface of the drain cover, and wherein a periphery of the mesh cover is configured to be fixed within the channel when the channel cover ring is connected to the drain cover.