Patent ID: 11933033
Assignee: nan
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 7:
8. An underground infiltration crate for collecting, detaining, infiltrating, and storing grey water, rainwater, and/or storm water, the underground filtration crate comprising:
a plurality of large plates;
a plurality of small plates engaged with the plurality of large plates to form a crate having a top, a bottom, a front, a back, a left wall, a right wall, and a medial interior wall; and
a plurality of tubular members positioned within the crate, each tubular member of the plurality of tubular members secured between a pair of large plates,
wherein each large plate of the plurality of large plates comprises:
a framed panel designed to engage with and retain the plurality of tubular members within built in fittings, wherein the framed panel comprises:
a four-sided periphery formed of a top periphery wall, a bottom periphery wall, and two side periphery walls;
alternating parallel channels extending between the top periphery wall and the bottom periphery wall;
at least one aperture extending through each of the alternating parallel channels;
at least one built in fitting integrated into the framed panel; and
at least one lid removably engaged with at least one of the at least one built in fittings,

wherein:
the framed panel is substantially planar with a front face and a back face;
the at least one built in fitting comprises a ring-shaped groove that is sized to friction fit a tubular member from the plurality of tubular members therein; and
each of the front face and the back face comprises at least one built in fitting.