Patent ID: 7494585
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: E03F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for filtering trash in a catch basin, wherein the catch basin comprises inner walls, a floor, an inlet opening, and a drain opening, and wherein said apparatus in combination with the catch basin comprises: a. a trash collecting container located within the catch basin, wherein the container comprises a container bottom and container walls, wherein the container bottom comprises a filter sheet, the filter sheet comprising a plurality of apertures through it, wherein the container bottom is located above at least part of the floor, and wherein said container walls comprise an overflow wall and one or more container portions of inner wall, each container portion of inner wall being at least part of at least one of the container walls and cmprising at least part of at least one of the one or more inner walls, wherein the overflow wall is located between the filter sheet on the inside of the container and an overflow area on the outside of the container, wherein the overflow area is bounded on one side by the overflow wall and on another side by at least one non-container portion of inner wall, the non-container portion of inner wall being located outside the container and comprising at least part of at least one of the one or more inner walls, wherein at least a portion of the top of the overflow wall is located for allowing at least some of the trash to pass out of the container ovber the overflow wall and thence downwardly through the overflow area to the floor, and wherein there is sufficient space between the floor and the container bottom for at least some of the trash that has passed out of the container over the overflow wall, after reaching the floor, to thence move through said space to the drain opening; and, b. a diverter, wherein said diverter is located and oriented relative to the inlet opening for intercepting at least some inbound fluid-borne trash and diverting at least some intercepted trash away from a first direction, the first direction being a direction leading outside the container, and toward a second direction, the second direction being a direction for at least some diverted trash to cross at least part of the overflow wall for entering the container, wherein the inbound fluid-borne trash is the trash being moved by the fluid from a point outside the catch basin toward a point inside the catch basin and wherein the intercepted trash is the inbound fluid-borne trash intercepted by the diverter, the diverted trash being the intercepted trash diverted by the diverter.