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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120107048 | IRRIGATION CONDUIT AND SYSTEM An irrigation conduit for sub ground irrigation, methods for fabrication the conduit and irrigation systems comprising the same. The irrigation conduit comprises one or more elongated water-impermeable plastic strips joined to form a sleeve, wherein at least one of the ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20110255921 | Water retention cell structures An assembly of hollow frustum-shaped bodies arranged and supported on a horizontal support structure is used to form a core structure for water retention cells. The assemblies are arranged in alternately inverted layers with the ends of the frustum-shaped bodies interco... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110182666 | Drainage Device Described is a drainage device for surface drainage, in particular a drainage channel, comprising a hollow, preferably elongate main body (2) and a liquid-permeable portion (4) covering the main body (2), wherein the main body (2) has at leas... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110135391 | SYNTHETIC MATERIALS FOR WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEMS Synthetic rocks are used as a substitute for natural gravel to fill in a water drainage trench. The synthetic rocks may be used around perforated drain tiles in a basement water drainage system, or they may be used without such tile. The synthetic rocks may be of a size... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110110720 | WATER-PERMEABLE PIPE ASSEMBLY A water-permeable pipe assembly includes a pipe unit and first and second interconnecting units. The pipe unit includes upper and lower walls, each of which has first and second end portions. The first interconnecting unit includes a plurality of spaced apart joints tha... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110091282 | Drainage element and method and machine for making same A strip of membrane material is laminated to a wider strip of netting and then the longitudinal edges of the strip of netting are seamed together into a sleeve for receiving aggregate to form an elongated tubular drainage element. The laminated peripheral portion of the... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110070028 | REVERSE OSMOSIS IRRIGATION A plant watering device is disclosed. The device has a preferentially water permeable membrane arranged to separate a supply of water from a root system of a plant. The membrane is arranged to allow water to permeate to water the roots.... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20100329786 | Fluid and Nutrient Delivery Irrigation System and Associated Methods A system and method for efficiently delivering an aqueous solution to plants includes a hydrophilic solution-channeling device having a delivery portion positionable adjacent a root system of a plant. The solution-channeling device has a lumen therethrough for channelin... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100206398 | WATER DRAINAGE DEVICE A construct for making a drainage device for a basement waterproofing system is made from a sheet of waterproof material with two generally parallel sides. A series of longitudinal slots is provided parallel to one of the sides, and a series of tabs that fit in the slot... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100133166 | COMPOSITE WATER PERMEABLE BRICK AND COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING THE SAME The invention disclosed a composite permeable brick comprising a permeable surface layer and a permeable base layer. The surface layer and the permeable base layer, which respectively comprise an aggregate and a binder adhering to the aggregate, are closely combined tog... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100111607 | Drainage element A preassembled drainage line element is fabricated at least in part of a biodegradable material, such as kraft paper or a plastic film. The biodegradable material may be perforated to impart a characteristic of water permeability to the material.... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100111606 | Drainage Element and apparatus and method for making same A preassembled drainage line element is fabricated with one or more flaps. In one embodiment, the drainage line unit is made from a webs of net material and a web of water permeable material and has two flaps at diametric points. The webs are formed about a barrel and t... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100005716 | Portable Apparatus for Promoting and Containing Plant Growth An irrigation distribution and reservoir product and method ecosystem employing a substantially continuous panel on the soil surface on which ornamental landscape plantings is placed or produced, the panel having a primary, lateral water distribution structure which dis... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090279953 | MODULAR UNDERGROUND WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS The invention provides modular units, associated component parts, and assemblies of the modular units and component parts, including filtration systems, that are useful for making and using underground water management systems.... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090269137 | Tubular element with light weight aggregate filling The tubular element is made with a sleeve formed of a spun bonded polyester material that allows the passage of water and prevents the passage of soil when used for a drainage element. The tubular element is made with small diameters that allows the element to be coiled... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090238646 | Porous Pavement for Water Quality and Quantity Management A sorptive-filtration system for removing at least one of negatively or positively charged ions, complexes or particulates from an aqueous stream. The system includes a) flow formed substantially from at least one of rainfall-runoff or snowmelt-runoff; b) a filter conta... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090208288 | Geotextile Tube with Flat Ends A flexible water-permeable geotextile tube having flat ends when filled with fill material. The tube has separate end panels that are attached to a tube body at the tube body's opposing ends. In one embodiment of this invention, the separate end panels are configured to... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090183445 | CONNECTABLE DRAINAGE DEVICE A drainage tile used on a footing of a foundation to promote drainage of water along the footing and away from a foundation wall. The drainage tile comes in lengths that are less than the length of the footing. The drainage tile can be secured together with other draina... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090148235 | Transport Corridor infiltration system A roadway or other transport corridor infiltration system which collects runoff while allowing for the easily removal of litter from its surface. The infiltration system comprises at least the edge surface of the roadway or other transport corridor being formed by a pla... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090123232 | Drainage element with a periphery of different materials The drainage element is made with a periphery formed of a filter material that allows the passage of water and prevents the passage of soil and a second peripheral section of net material that allows the passage of water while the preventing the passage of the lightweig... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090116907 | Porous Tube for Exudative Irrigation and Method for Manufacturing the Same Tubes for exudative irrigation and methods for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The tubes may comprise a core of textile formed by a knitted fabric covered with a covering of porous material which may comprise a resin mixture of acrylic or polyurethane type, plus a... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090092445 | Apparatus for making drainage element with a periphery of different materials The drainage element is made with a periphery formed of a filter material that allows the passage of water and prevents the passage of soil and a second peripheral section of net material that allows the passage of water while the preventing the passage of the lightweig... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090080976 | LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE UNIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE A water channeling system includes at least one channeling member comprising fixed aggregate forming a solid body. In this embodiment, the at least one channeling member has a first end, a second end, and a plurality of fluidly connecting interstices therewithin. In thi... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090074512 | Drainage element The preassembled drainage element is made with a water permeable membrane sleeve that has slits placed in the peripheral portion of the sleeve that is to form the bottom of the drainage element. The aggregate is post-expandable after fabrication of the drainage element ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20080304908 | Gutter Block Structure, Water Channel Formed by Gutter Block Structures, and Method of Manufacturing Gutter Block Structure A gutter block structure of the present invention has a configuration in which a vegetable fiber layer made of palm fibers or the like is integrally attached to an inner surface of a water-permeable concrete material, sidewall surfaces which serve as the inner surface a... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080298897 | Enhanced soaker hose A flexible irrigation pipe including porous and non-porous segments combined together to avoid unnecessary water loss and improve water distribution along the porous segments of the irrigation pipe.... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080286046 | Modular, self-contained, engineered irrigation landscape and flower bed panel An ornamental planting landscape irrigation distribution and reservoir product and method ecosystem employing a substantially continuous panel on the soil surface on which ornamental landscape plantings is placed or produced, the panel having a primary, lateral water di... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080260463 | Fabric structure for water and soil conservation and manufacturing apparatus for the same The present invention discloses a fabric structure for water and soil conservation and an apparatus for manufacturing the same, wherein the fabric structure includes a fabric and a plurality of holding means, the holding means is made of a plastic material with a holdin... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080219769 | ROOT-IRRIGATION PIPE AND ROOT-IRRIGATION SYSTEM A root-irrigation pipe, including a hollow pipe with holes in two terminals, an inside of said pipe is parted into a first side-chamber and a second side-chamber by a separate-wall extending longitudinally. A sidewall of the first side-chamber opposite said separate-wal... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080152430 | Drain System Target organic substance can be contained, filtered, absorbed and/or used to shut down flow, and water drained off, with a system having a first, fluid-permeable, hollow housing member; a second, fluid-permeable, hollow housing member disposed inside the first member; a... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080107482 | Drainage element and method and machine for making same The drainage element is made with a tubular membrane that encasing a mass of discrete aggregate. The membrane being gathered together at each end thereof, is water-permeable and has a plurality of interstices characterized in being of a size for the passage of water the... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080107485 | Drainage element and method and machine for making same A strip of membrane material is laminated to a wider strip of netting and then the longitudinal edges of the strip of netting are seamed together into a sleeve for receiving aggregate to form an elongated tubular drainage element. The laminated peripheral portion of the... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080107484 | Tubular element with light weight aggregate filling The tubular element is made with a sleeve formed of a spun bonded polyester material that allows the passage of water and prevents the passage of soil when used for a drainage element. The tubular element is made with small diameters that allows the element to be coiled... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080107483 | Drainage element and apparatus and method for making same The drainage element is made with a periphery formed of a filter material that allows the passage of water and prevents the passage of soil and a second peripheral section of net material that allows the passage of water while the preventing the passage of the lightweig... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080101863 | Fluid and Nutrient Delivery System and Associated Methods A system and method for efficiently delivering an aqueous solution to plants includes a microporous hydrophobic tubing coated with a hydrophilic polymer that has a distal portion positionable adjacent a root system of a plant and a lumen for channeling an aqueous soluti... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080095580 | SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND DRAIN STRUCTURE THEREFOR A subsurface drainage assembly for directing fluid drainage from a surface is disclosed. The subsurface drainage assembly includes a plurality of drain structure panels linked together in a manner that permits movement of one drain structure panel relative to the adjace... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080025796 | ROOT IRRIGATION DEVICE An irrigation device for a root system of a plant includes a porous housing and plurality of deflectors within the housing to deflect water through the housing to surrounding soil. Water enters the device through natural and artificial surface water sources as well as f... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20070274784 | Trench drain filter assembly An improved trench drain filter and modular system therefor for intercepting and treating run off water in a trench drain before discharge into a drainage system. The filter elements include a perforated pipe covered with one or more layers of geotextile material, which... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070166106 | DRAINAGE UNIT WITH EXTERNAL COVERING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE Drainage units and methods of their manufacture, the drainage units comprising lightweight aggregate held within a sleeve having an exterior surface with at least a portion of exterior surface comprising a barrier material substantially impervious to solids.... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070092338 | Synthetic materials for water drainage systems Synthetic rocks are used as a substitute for natural gravel to fill in a water drainage trench. The synthetic rocks may be used around perforated drain tiles in a basement water drainage system, or they may be used without such tile. The synthetic rocks may be of a size... | 04/26/2007 |
