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(1) Field of the Invention.
(2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98.
The disclosure and prior art relates to drainage devices and more particularly pertains to a new drainage device for draining an RV septic tank into a sewer.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a vehicle that has a septic tank and the septic tank has an outlet. A hose is selectively fluidly coupled to the outlet. Thus, the hose may drain the septic tank. The hose has a distal end with respect to the outlet. The distal end may be fluidly coupled to an inlet of a sewer thereby facilitating the septic tank to drain into the sewer. A supporting unit is provided and the supporting unit may be positioned on a support surface. The hose is positioned on the supporting unit such that the hose is inhibited from becoming uncoupled from the outlet and the sewer. Thus, the supporting unit enhances draining the septic tank.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A hose 18 is selectively fluidly coupled to the outlet 16. The hose 18 has a distal end 20 with respect to the outlet 16. The distal end 20 may be fluidly coupled to an inlet 21 of a sewer 22 thereby facilitating the septic tank 14 to drain into the sewer 22. The sewer 22 may be a public sewer in a camp ground or the like. The hose 18 may be an RV sewer hose or the like.
A supporting unit 24 is provided and the supporting unit 24 may be positioned on a support surface 26. The hose 18 is positioned on the supporting unit 24 such that the hose 18 is inhibited from becoming uncoupled from the outlet 16 and the sewer 22. Thus, the supporting unit 24 enhances draining the septic tank 14. The support surface 26 may be ground.
The supporting unit 24 comprises a trough 28. The hose 18 is selectively positioned in the trough 28. The trough 28 has a first end 30 and a second end 32. The trough 28 is elongated between the first end 30 and the second end 32.
A plurality of stands 34 is provided. Each of the stands 34 may be manipulated to penetrate the support surface 26. Moreover, the stands 34 are positioned to be aligned with each other. The trough 28 is positioned on the stands 34. Thus, the trough 28 retains the hose 18 in a stationary position. Moreover, the trough 28 inhibits the hose 18 from becoming uncoupled from the outlet 16.
Each of the stands 34 comprises a pair of uprights 36. Each of the uprights 36 has a first end 38 and a second end 40. The first end 38 of each of the uprights 36 may penetrate the support surface 26 having the uprights 36 being spaced apart from each other. Each of the uprights 36 may have a length ranging between fifteen cm and thirty cm.
A sleeve 42 is provided that has a primary end 46, a secondary end 48 and an outer wall 50 extending therebetween. The second end 40 corresponding to each of the uprights 36 is extended through the outer wall 50 of the sleeve 42. The sleeve 42 is oriented perpendicular to the uprights 36 and the trough 28 is positioned on the sleeve 42. Thus, the sleeve 42 supports the trough 28 above the support surface 26.
A pair of screws 52 is provided. Each of the screws 52 threadably engages an associated one of the primary end 46 and the secondary end 48 of the sleeve 42. Each of the screws 52 is selectively tightened to frictionally engage an associated one of the uprights 36. Thus, the pair of screws 52 retains the sleeve 42 a selected distance from the support surface 26. The plurality of stands 34 may include a first stand 54 and a second stand 56.
In use, the first stand 54 is positioned adjacent to the outlet 16 on the septic tank 14. The second stand 56 is positioned adjacent to the inlet 21 of the sewer 22. The sleeve 42 corresponding to the first stand 54 is positioned at a height from the support surface 26 that is greater than a height between the support surface 26 and the sleeve 42 corresponding to the second stand 56. The trough 28 is positioned on the sleeve 42 corresponding to each of the stands 34. Thus, the trough 28 slopes downhill between the septic tank 14 and the sewer 22. The hose 18 is fluidly coupled between the septic tank 14 and the sewer 22 and the hose 18 is positioned on the trough 28. Thus, the hose 18 is retained at a downward slope between the septic tank 14 and the sewer 22. The hose 18 is removed from the septic tank 14 and the sewer 22 when the septic tank 14 is drained.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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WO2011074161 | Jun 2011 | WO |