Patent ID: 8528276
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
1. A system for diverting water from a building's foundation having a basement wall with an interior face oriented towards an interior of the foundation and a basement floor slab, said system comprising: a channel for collecting water, said channel having lower and upper portions and a generally horizontally extending flange intersecting the upper portion of the channel and configured to be secured to a top face of a basement footing, wherein said lower portion is closed, such that water cannot enter through the lower portion, and wherein said upper portion has at least one opening formed therein for receipt of water through the at least one opening, said channel configured for installation below the basement floor slab and generally proximal to an interior face of the basement footing, wherein at least a portion of the channel contacts the basement wall, the top face of the basement footing, or the interior face of the basement footing; a generally horizontally extending track positioned directly below and contacting the basement floor slab for guiding water horizontally along the track and to the channel, said track positioned above the at least one opening in the upper portion of the channel and contacting the channel, such that water draining generally horizontally along the track is guided directly to the at least one opening in the upper portion of the channel and is collected within the channel through only the at least one opening without intermixing with sediment from the interior of the foundation, wherein said flange intersecting the upper portion of the channel provides for a continuous water pathway, for the water draining horizontally along the track, from the basement wall or the top face of the basement footing and to the at least one opening in the upper portion of the channel.