Patent ID: 8858794

Claim:
A sediment collecting container for draining and filtering liquids from solid waste comprising: a sloped floor surface; one or more side walls extending upwardly from the sloped floor surface defining a waste collection portion within the side walls and above the sloped floor surface; a drain grate along the lowest portion of the sloped floor surface; a sediment-collecting sump located directly beneath the sloped floor surface and the drain grate, the sediment-collecting sump having at least one sloped bottom wall; a U-trap adjacent to at least one end of the sediment-collecting sump, the U-trap being structured and disposed for allowing liquids to leave the sediment-collecting sump while solid sediment remains in the sediment-collecting sump; at least one filtering chamber located adjacent to the U-traps for receiving liquid that leaves the sediment-collecting sump and passes through the U-traps, the filtering chambers including at least one drain hole for releasing the received liquids; and a filter device having a liquid filter and a cap, the liquid filter being sized and configured for passage through the drain hole and into the filtering chamber, the cap having a hole thereon for releasing liquid that passes through the filter, the cap being structured and disposed for attachment to the drain hole with the liquid filter received within the filtering chamber.