Patent ID: 9127448
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: E03F,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A stormwater diversion and overflow device, the device comprising: a grate assembly, the grate assembly comprising a grate, a cover, and a structural frame, the grate defining a first side, a second side opposing the first side, and a volume between the first side and the second side, the grate comprising an outer wall connecting the first side to the second side and extending at least part way around the volume, the outer wall defining a third side, a fourth side, and a fifth side of the grate, the grate comprising at least a first opening extending through the grate from the first side to the second side, at least one of the at least a first opening extending through a sixth side of the grate, the cover comprising a plate, being directly on the first side of he grate, and bounding each at least a first opening on the first side of the grate, the cover configured to cover an existing street-side catch basin, the cover configured to divert stormwater runoff off a street through a curb inlet structure shared with the existing street-side catch basin to an alternative stormwater management practice system before the stormwater runoff enters the existing street-side catch basin, the cover bounding at least a portion of each at least a first opening where each at least a first opening extends through the sixth side of the grate, the cover configured to pass stormwater runoff from the alternative stormwater management practice system to the existing street-side catch basin, the grate set in the structural frame, the plate extending beyond the grate and the structural frame by an amount sufficient to carry the stormwater runoff to the alternative stormwater management practice system.