IP Library Granted Patent US 12,018,489
Granted Patent B2
US 12,018,489 · App. 17/192,688 · Granted Jun 25, 2024

Domed roof drain strainer assembly

Inventors: Christopher Alan Majocka (Erie, PA); Matthew Curtis Henderson (Girard, PA); Christopher Joseph Say (Waterford, PA)
Assignee: ZURN WATER, LLC
E04D13/0409E04D2013/0413
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Patent No.
US 12,018,489
App. No.
17/192,688
Granted
Jun 25, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A roof drain including a base defining a channel and an axis, a gravel guard coupled to the base and including a plurality of teeth, where the gravel guard defines a plurality of gullets between the teeth, and a dome coupled to the base, where the dome includes a plurality of ribs, where the ribs define a plurality of gaps therebetween, and where each gap is radially aligned with a corresponding gullet.

Claims (13)

1. A roof drain comprising:

a base having a throat portion and a flange portion extending radially outwardly from the throat portion, the throat portion at least partially defining a channel therethrough, an axis, and an outlet;

a gravel guard ring coupled to the base, including a plurality of teeth, and a plurality of ring locking members, wherein a plurality of gullets are defined between the teeth; and

a dome releasably coupled to the base with a plurality of dome locking members, the dome including a plurality of spaced ribs extending radially outwardly from a core element and defining gaps therebetween, and a plurality of crossbars extending between and interconnecting some adjacent ribs, the crossbars are positioned such that each crossbar is not aligned with any crossbars positioned in adjacent gaps,

wherein the plurality of dome locking members rotationally engage the plurality of ring locking members to releasably couple the dome to the base.

2. The roof drain of claim 1 , wherein the base defines a top plane, and wherein at least one gullet of the plurality of gullets at least partially extends axially below the top plane.

3. The roof drain of claim 1 , wherein the base defines a top plane, wherein the dome includes a plurality of base plates extending between at least two adjacent ribs, and wherein at least one base plate of the plurality of base plates is positioned completely axially below the top plane.

4. The roof drain of claim 1 , wherein the channel includes an inner surface, and wherein the inner surface is substantially convex in shape.

5. The roof drain of claim 1 , wherein the base includes a cutting groove.

6. The roof drain of claim 5 , wherein the cutting groove is positioned radially inward of an outer diameter of the dome.

7. The roof drain of claim 1 , wherein the base defines a top plane, and wherein the drain is capable of permitting through-flows of between 75 GPM and 150 GPM at 1 inch of head pressure measured relative to the top plane.

8. The roof drain of claim 1 , wherein each gullet is radially aligned with a corresponding gap.

9. The roof drain of claim 1 , wherein at least one gap between adjacent ribs is open at the bottom of the dome.

Assignments (6)
NOTICE OF SUCCESSION OF AGENCY OF REEL/FRAME 066293/0879 Recorded Feb 20, 2026
From: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS PRIOR AGENT (F/K/A CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH)
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 074947/0479 →
CONVERSION Recorded Jan 16, 2024
From: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 066336/0603 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2024
From: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: ZURN WATER, LLC
Reel/Frame 066337/0918 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 18, 2023
From: ZURN WATER, LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066293/0879 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2021
From: MAJOCKA, CHRISTOPHER ALAN; HENDERSON, MATTHEW CURTIS; SAY, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH
To: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 057611/0344 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: MAJOCKA, CHRISTOPHER ALAN; HENDERSON, MATTHEW CURTIS; SAY, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH
To: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 055500/0063 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63009894 · Apr 14, 2020
Related Publication 20210317666A1 · Oct 14, 2021
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