Patent ID: 7836640

Claim:
A device for directing water to a water collector located along a foundation footing, said device adapted to be installed in a basement adjacent to the interior of a foundation wall and above the top of the foundation footing, comprising: a wall panel having a top edge, a bottom and first and second sides, said wall panel being adapted to overlie a portion of the foundation wall; a base member extending from the bottom of said wall panel at approximately a right angle and including a substantially planar top surface a substantially planar bottom surface substantially parallel to said top surface, an inner edge at said wall panel and an end edge spaced from said wall panel, said base member being adapted to overlie a portion of the foundation footing; a portion of said wall panel along said top edge between said first side and second side being bent toward said base member to form a lip; said base member top surface including a plurality of V-shaped channels formed therein, each of said V-shaped channels projecting from said base member bottom surface and including a channel bottom edge, said V-shaped channels being adapted to support said device on the foundation footing and to define with the foundation footing a plurality of drain channels between adjacent ones of said V-shaped channels for directing water from the foundation wall along the foundation footing toward the water collector; and said V-shaped channels have a first, closed, end spaced from said wall panel and extend away from said wall panel toward said end edge of said base member, and said base member top surface includes a continuous planar strip portion along the wall panel bottom having no channels therein.