IP Library Granted Patent US 7,997,031
Granted Patent B2
US 7,997,031 · App. 12/329,367 · Granted Aug 16, 2011

Riser pan component for on-site waste systems

Assignee: Tuf-Tite, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,997,031
App. No.
12/329,367
Granted
Aug 16, 2011
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 (15)

1. A method of providing an internal cover member for an access passageway in an on-site waste disposal system, comprising:

forming a riser pan member to include a substantially cylindrical body portion having an upper portion and a lower portion, having disposed therebetween an annular ring; the upper portion including a generally vertically-aligned wall adapted to receive a passageway component thereon; and the lower portion including an integral pan portion having a generally frustro-conical shape;

seatably receiving an internal cover member in the integral pan portion;

incorporating the riser pan member into an access passageway in an on-site waste disposal system;

forming the riser pan member to include a substantially circular standing rib member mounted to the annular ring, the standing rib member formed to have a substantially vertical outer surface and an inclined inner surface such that the inclined inner surface has an angle of incline greater than that of the frustro-conical shaped integral pan portion; and

using the riser pan member as a form member to cast in concrete the internal cover member, whereby the resulting cast concrete internal cover member is formed with a stepped peripheral edge profile to be readily centered and positioned when seated in the integral pan portion of the riser pan member.

2. A method of providing an internal cover member for an access passageway in an on-site waste disposal system, comprising:

forming a riser pan member to include a substantially cylindrical body portion having an upper portion and a lower portion, having disposed therebetween an annular ring; the upper portion including a generally vertically-aligned wall adapted to receive a passageway component thereon; and the lower portion including an integral pan portion;

seatably receiving an internal cover member in the integral pan portion, the internal cover member cast in concrete using the riser pan member as a form member; and

incorporating the riser pan member into an access passageway in an on-site waste disposal system.

3. A method of providing an internal cover member for an access passageway in an on-site waste disposal system, comprising:

forming a riser pan member to include a substantially cylindrical body portion having an upper portion and a lower portion, having disposed therebetween an annular ring; the upper portion including a generally vertically-aligned wall adapted to receive a passageway component thereon; and the lower portion including an integral pan portion;

seatably receiving an internal cover member in the integral pan portion; and

incorporating the riser pan member into an access passageway in an on-site waste disposal system by casting the riser pan member in place when forming the cast concrete lid of an on-site waste tank member, whereby the riser pan member becomes a lowermost component in the access passageway.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the on-site waste tank member is a septic tank member.

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 Feb 2, 2009
From: MEYERS, THEODORE W.
To: TUF-TITE, INC.
Reel/Frame 022188/0549 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 10352086 · Jan 28, 2003
Provisional Application 60353620 · Feb 1, 2002
Related Publication 20090120013A1 · May 14, 2009