Patent ID: 8920071
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. A device for helping to prevent the formation of ice on a ground surface, said device comprising: A container having a first side with an entrance opening therein and a second side with an exit opening therein, wherein the first side and second side are connected by a floor; A plurality of baffles extending upward from the floor in a staggered arrangement to create a horizontal serpentine water flow pathway along the floor of the container; A water soluble solid ice prevention composition in the container along the serpentine water flowpathway; A connector having a first end with a first opening adapted to be combined with a downspout and a second end with a second opening combined with the entrance opening of the container; A semi-rigid flange around the first opening, said semi-rigid flange having a first position and a first position and a second position wherein the size of the first opening is larger in the semi-rigid flange second position than in the semi-rigid flange first position, said semi-rigid flange being biased in the first position; Wherein the connector is movable between a lengthened position and a shortened position, wherein the lengthen position has a first distance between the first end and the second end and the shortened position has a second distance between the first end and the second end, wherein the first distance is longer than the second distance.