Road structure – process – or apparatus – Drain or gutter
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-20
2008-08-19
Addie, Raymond W (Department: 3671)
Road structure, process, or apparatus
Drain or gutter
C404S003000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07413372
ABSTRACT:
A trench drain frame, and associated grate, adapted to be mounted atop a commonly available drain pipe, for casting-in-concrete in poured concrete or packed asphalt, or otherwise embedding in a suitably tightly packed supporting material, the frame having a pair of connected side walls, each side wall having a lower base portion with downwardly extending support wall to position and support the trench drain frame over the associated underlying pipe. Once the assembled frame, grate and pipe are cast in concrete, or otherwise supported, the grate is removed, and at least portions of the top of the pipe are removed to expose the interior of the pipe for drainage purposes, and the grate is secured to the trench drain frame. A separable end plate can be used to close off a cut-open end of the trench drain frame, when the later is cut short for a given application.
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Marshall & Gerstein & Borun LLP
Tuf-Tite, Inc.
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