Patent ID: 9464400
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: E01F,E02B,E02D,E03F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An assembly for managing the detention or retention of fluid beneath a ground surface comprising: at least one first module and at least one side module; wherein the at least one first module comprises: wherein the at least one side module comprises: wherein at least two deck portions within the assembly are contiguous to one another; wherein the supports of the at least one first module collectively include at least two load-bearing legs; wherein the two legs at least partially define the interior channel; wherein at least one of the legs at least partially defines the outer channel; wherein the two legs at least partially define a cross channel extending in a second direction, the cross channel providing fluid communication with the interior channel and the outer channel; wherein the supports of the first module each include an elongate portion that extends from an underside of the deck portion, each elongate portion extending in the first direction between the first and second end edges and downward toward an intermediate position between the underside of the deck portion and a bottom of the module; wherein a bottom edge of the elongate portion is located below the deck and above the bottom of the module and provides a boundary of the cross channel; wherein the legs extend downward from the elongate portions; wherein the legs on the first modules are spaced inwardly from the nearest one of said end edges of the module and at least partially define first and second outer cross channels extending in the second direction; wherein the interior channel, first outer channel, cross channel, and outer cross channels of the first module are in fluid communication.