Patent ID: 7832150
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A device for directing water to a water collector located along a foundation footing, the device adapted to be installed adjacent to the interior of a basement foundation wall and on top of a foundation footing, comprising: a wall panel lying in a first plane and having a top edge, a bottom, and front and rear surfaces, said rear surface of said wall panel being adapted to overlie a portion of the foundation wall; a base member extending from the bottom of said wall panel at approximately a right angle and including a substantially planar top surface lying in a second plane and a substantially planar bottom surface, said bottom surface of said base member being substantially parallel to said top surface and adapted to overlie a portion of the foundation footing; a portion of said wall panel along said top edge between said first side and second side being bent away from said first plane and toward said base member to form a lip; said base member top surface including a plurality of substantially uninterrupted U-shaped channels formed therein, each of said U-shaped channels projecting from the base member bottom surface and including a channel bottom and being adapted to support the device on the foundation footing and to define with the foundation footing a plurality of drain channels between adjacent ones of said U-shaped channels for directing water from the foundation wall along the foundation footing toward the water collector; and wherein said base member U-shaped channels have a first end at said wall panel and a closed end between said wall panel and an end edge of said base member, said closed end having an upper surface in substantially the same plane as said top surface.