IP Library Granted Patent US 12,662,293
Granted Patent B2
US 12,662,293 · App. 18/615,463 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Sump pump crock

Inventors: Robert Genord (Livonia, MI); Karl Chapel (Grand Haven, MI)
Assignee: Independence Materials Group, LLC
B65D45/22E03F5/22F04B23/021
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,662,293
App. No.
18/615,463
Filed
Mar 25, 2024
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3754
USPC
222/383.1
Abstract

A sump pump crock includes a body including a first portion and a second portion separate from the first portion. The first portion includes one of a tab and an opening, and the second portion includes the other of the tab and the opening. The tab is received in the opening to secure the first portion to the second portion. The body defines a base, a plurality of sidewalls, and a top opening, and a plurality of flanges extend around an outer perimeter of the body. The sump pump crock includes a removeable lid that covers the top opening.

Claims (35)

1 . A sump pump crock comprising:

a body comprising a base and one or more sidewalls defining a top opening, wherein the body is formed from at least a first portion and a second portion; and

a bridge extending between the first portion and the second portion;

wherein the first portion is separate from the second portion; and

wherein at least a first sidewall of the first portion and at least a second sidewall of the second portion defines the top opening.

2 . The sump pump crock of claim 1 , further comprising:

a removeable lid that covers at least a portion of the top opening.

3 . The sump pump crock of claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of flanges extending around at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the body.

4 . The sump pump crock of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of flanges are substantially parallel to the base.

5 . The sump pump crock of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of flanges comprise three flanges on the first portion and the second portion.

6 . The sump pump crock of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of flanges has a thickness that ranges between approximately 0.75 to approximately 1 inch.

7 . The sump pump crock of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more sidewalls includes a plurality of perforations.

8 . The sump pump crock of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sidewalls formed by the first portion and the second portion form the body having an octagonal shape.

9 . The sump pump crock of claim 8 , wherein the body having the octagonal shape is form the first portion and the second portion, wherein:

the first portion comprises a first wall, a second wall connected to the first wall at approximately a 45° angle relative to the first wall, a third wall connected to the first wall at approximately a 45° angle relative to the first wall, a partial fourth wall connected to the second wall at approximately a 45° angle relative to the second wall, and a partial fifth wall connected to the third wall at approximately a 45° angle relative to the third wall, and

the second portion includes a sixth wall parallel to the first wall, a seventh wall connected to the sixth wall at approximately a 45° angle relative to the sixth wall, an eighth wall connected to the sixth wall at approximately a 45° angle relative to the sixth wall, another partial fourth wall connected to the seventh wall at approximately a 45° angle relative to the seventh wall, and another partial fifth wall connected to the eighth wall at approximately a 45° angle relative to the eight wall.

10 . The sump pump crock of claim 1 , wherein the first portion includes one of a tab or an opening and the second portion includes the other of the tab or the opening, and the tab is received in the opening to secure the first portion to the second portion.

11 . The sump pump crock of claim 10 , wherein the first portion includes at least two tabs or two openings, and the second portion includes the other of the at least two tabs or two openings.

12 . The sump pump crock of claim 1 , wherein the base is formed from a first base part of the first portion and a second base part of the second portion.

13 . A sump pump crock comprising:

a body comprising a base and one or more sidewalls defining a top opening, wherein the body is formed from at least a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is separate from the second portion, and wherein at least a first sidewall of the first portion and at least a second sidewall of the second portion defines the top opening; and

a plurality of flanges extending around at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the body.

14 . The sump pump crock of claim 13 , further comprising:

a removeable lid that covers at least a portion of the top opening.

15 . The sump pump crock of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of flanges are substantially parallel to the base.

16 . The sump pump crock of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of flanges comprise three flanges on different locations of the body.

17 . The sump pump crock of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of flanges each have a thickness that ranges between approximately 0.75 to approximately 1 inch.

18 . A method of assembling a sump pump crock, wherein the sump pump crock comprises a body comprising a base and one or more sidewalls defining a top opening, wherein the body is formed from at least a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is separate from the second portion, and wherein at least a first sidewall of the first portion and at least a second sidewall of the second portion defines the top opening, and a plurality of flanges extending around at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the body, the method comprising:

assembling the first portion to the second portion on location at which the sump pump crock is configured to be installed.

19 . A sump pump crock comprising:

a body comprising a base and one or more sidewalls defining a top opening, wherein the body is formed from at least a first portion and a second portion; and

wherein the first portion is separate from the second portion;

wherein at least a first sidewall of the first portion and at least a second sidewall of the second portion defines the top opening; and

wherein the first portion includes one of a tab or an opening and the second portion includes the other of the tab or the opening, and the tab is received in the opening to secure the first portion to the second portion.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: CHAPEL, KARL
To: GRAND HAVEN CUSTOM MOLDING, LLC
Reel/Frame 066889/0109 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: GRAND HAVEN CUSTOM MOLDING, LLC
To: FOUNDATION SYSTEMS OF MICHIGAN, LLC
Reel/Frame 066889/0181 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: GENORD, ROBERT
To: FOUNDATION SYSTEMS OF MICHIGAN, LLC
Reel/Frame 066889/0237 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: FOUNDATION SYSTEMS OF MICHIGAN, LLC
To: INDEPENDENCE MATERIALS GROUP, LLC
Reel/Frame 066889/0261 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17110838 · Dec 3, 2020
Provisional Application 62942960 · Dec 3, 2019
Related Publication 20240228130A1 · Jul 11, 2024
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