IP Library Granted Patent US 7,574,831
Granted Patent B2
US 7,574,831 · App. 10/352,086 · Granted Aug 18, 2009

Riser pan component for on-site waste systems

Assignee: Tuf-Tite, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,574,831
App. No.
10/352,086
Granted
Aug 18, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrally formed riser pan member for use as a modular component within an access passageway for an on-site waste disposal system, such as a septic tank, to receivably retain a secondary cover member within, the riser pan member including a cylindrical body having an upper portion having a vertical wall member adapted to receive another modular passageway component thereon, and a lower portion which includes an integral pan portion to seatably receive a secondary cover member. The riser pan member further includes an annular ring between the upper and lower portions. The riser pan member can be employed as a lowermost, a highermost, or as an intermediate component in, for example, an access passageway formed of multiple stackable riser members. In addition, the riser pan member may be formed integrally with a stackable riser member.

Claims (6)

1. A modular passageway component comprising:

a generally cylindrical body including an upper portion, a lower portion, and a generally flat annular ring intermediate the upper portion and the lower portion;

the upper portion including a vertical wall extending upwardly from and terminating at a bottom of the vertical wall at the generally flat annular ring, the vertical wall adapted to receive a second passageway component;

the lower portion including a pan having an opening therein, the pan extending downwardly from and terminating at a top of the pan at the generally flat annular ring and having an inclined shape in cross-section, said inclined shape slanting inwardly, from the top of the pan at the generally flat annular ring to a bottom of the pan, toward a central axis of the generally cylindrical body, and the pan being adapted to seatably receive a cover; and

a cover seated in the pan, the cover having a shape complementary to the pan.

2. The modular passageway component of claim 1 , wherein the complementary shape is one of angled, generally curved, and stepped.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2021
From: TUF-TITE, INC.
To: TWM IP, LLC
Reel/Frame 056582/0891 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2003
From: MEYERS, THEODORE W.
To: TUF-TITE, INC.
Reel/Frame 013709/0270 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6035362000 · Feb 1, 2002
Related Publication 20030145527A1 · Aug 7, 2003