Patent ID: 6260316
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: E04B,E04D,E04F

Abstract:
An apparatus for diverting rain water to the perimeter of a permeable deck structure of a type having a plurality of joists supporting deck boards where the deck boards have a spacing therebetween comprising:pliable sheet means adapted to be affixed to an underside of said permeable deck structure and covering the entire area thereof;peak forming means adapted to establish a plurality of convex peak regions in said pliable sheet means at locations between said adjacent joists of the deck structure;valley forming means adapted to establish a plurality of concave valley regions in said pliable sheet means, each valley region being vertically aligned with a bottom edge of said joists and having its lowest elevation at a terminus located at a perimeter of said permeable deck structure furthest from a building to which the deck structure is attached; andwherein all of the water passing between the deck boards falls on said pliable sheet means and drains through the valley regions to said perimeter of said permeable deck structure.