Patent Application
20190316339
The present general inventive concept relates generally to a gutter, and particularly, to a ground gutter system.
When it rains, a gutter system is the first line of defense to prevent damage to a home. Uncontrolled rainwater from the house's roof can damage the foundation, flood basements, and cause mold and mildew to sprout.
However, not all houses have rooftop gutter systems.
Furthermore, even when a house has a rooftop gutter system, cleaning said rooftop gutter system can be difficult and costly.
Therefore, there is a need for gutter system to replace a rooftop gutter system.
The present general inventive concept provides a ground gutter system.
Additional features and utilities of the present general inventive concept will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the general inventive concept.
The foregoing and/or other features and utilities of the present general inventive concept may be achieved by providing a ground gutter system, including an inner surface to receive water thereupon, the inner surface including at least one hole, a border surrounding the inner surface, and a pipe connected at a first end to the at least one hole to direct the water away from the ground gutter system out a second end.
The border may be elevated with respect to the inner surface.
The ground gutter system may be constructed from at least one of metal, plastic, and rubber.
At least one of the inner surface and the border may contact a ground.
A side outer portion of the border may contact a house.
These and/or other features and utilities of the present generally inventive concept will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:
Various example embodiments (a.k.a., exemplary embodiments) will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in which some example embodiments are illustrated. In the figures, the thicknesses of lines, layers and/or regions may be exaggerated for clarity.
Accordingly, while example embodiments are capable of various modifications and alternative forms, embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the figures and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit example embodiments to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, example embodiments are to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure. Like numbers refer to like/similar elements throughout the detailed description.
It is understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” or “directly coupled” to another element, there are no intervening elements present. Other words used to describe the relationship between elements should be interpreted in a like fashion (e.g., “between” versus “directly between,” “adjacent” versus “directly adjacent,” etc.).
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes” and/or “including,” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which example embodiments belong. It will be further understood that terms, e.g., those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art. However, should the present disclosure give a specific meaning to a term deviating from a meaning commonly understood by one of ordinary skill, this meaning is to be taken into account in the specific context this definition is given herein.
The ground gutter system 100, and components thereof, may be constructed from plastic, metal, rubber, and any other material known to one of ordinary skill in the art.
Referring to
The inner surface 110 may include at least one hole 111. The inner surface may catch falling rain thereupon, such that accumulated water passes through the at least one hole 111.
The border 120 may surround the inner surface 110, and may be elevated with respect to the inner surface 110, such that the water stays within the inner surface 110.
When the water passes through the at least one hole 111, the pipe 130, which may be attached to the at least one hole 111 at a first end 131, may direct the water through the pipe 130 and out the second end 132, which may lead to a gutter on the street, irrigation system, or any other place desired by a user.
Referring to
Also, the pipe 130 may be disposed within the ground, but is not limited thereto, and may alternatively be disposed above the ground.
Also as illustrated in
Although a few embodiments of the present general inventive concept have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the general inventive concept, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.
