Patent ID: 6915612
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. Window well assembly of the type adapted for below soil grade attachment to a foundational member adjacent a basement window said assembly comprising an integral molded structure and having a bottom member adapted to provide a drainage site, an upstanding generally arcuately shaped upstanding wall connected to said bottom member and having a pair of axially extending, laterally opposed upstanding edge boundaries, said upstanding wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface to anchor said assembly in said soil, said exterior surface comprising two sets of arcuately shaped gripping ribs, each set being circumferentially spaced from the other along said exterior surface, each set comprising a plurality of said gripping ribs provided in axially spaced rows, each of said gripping ribs comprising an inclined top wall sloping upwardly proceeding radially inwardly from said exterior surface toward said interior surface and each said rib having a generally horizontal bottom wall, wherein said assembly includes an imaginary horizontal plane passing therethrough parallel to said bottom wall, said top wall of said gripping rib being inclined at an angle of about 30-60° relative to said plane, and further comprising a plurality of axially spaced radially protruding fin members formed in said exterior surface and located between said two sets of gripping ribs wherein each of said radially protruding fin members comprises a fin top wall member sloping upwardly proceeding radially inwardly from said exterior surface toward said interior surface.