Patent ID: 9028169
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. A dissipator device for controlling discharge from a downspout, the dissipator comprising: a base, the base forming a skirt portion and a lip portion, the skirt portion extending from a first end to a second end and defining a peripheral surface and an inner surface, and the lip extending generally transverse the skirt at the second end; and a cover plate, defining a drainage surface and configured to mount to the lip portion of the base, the drainage surface having a plurality of drainage holes formed therein, wherein the skirt portion is configured to be received internally within the downspout to engage the peripheral surface of the skirt in the downspout such that the second end of the peripheral surface of the skirt is contiguous with the peripheral surface of the downspout and the first end is not so that rainwater discharges from the downspout through the plurality of drainage holes of the drainage surface to provide controlled dissipation of rainwater from the downspout.