Drainage System For A Floor

Abstract

A drain system for draining water from a lanai floor to eliminate rainwater build-up on lanai floors and speed-up draining time on such floors. The device is attached to the edge of the Lanai floor and acts as a scupper.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to the general art of flooring, and to the particular field of accessories for draining a floor.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]In architecture, a floor is generally the lower horizontal surface of a room, and / or the supporting structure underneath it. It also commonly refers to flooring, or a wall-to-wall floor covering, which forms the decorative surface of the floor. The various levels in a building are also called floors, levels or stories. For example, “ground floor”, “main floor”, “first story”, “mezzanine floor,” etc.[0003]A ground-level floor can be soil, or be built on a ‘slab’, such as a concrete slab. Floors above may be built on beams or joists or use structures like hollow core slabs. Ground-level slab floors are prepared for pouring by grading the base material so that it is flat, and then spreading a layer of sand and gravel. A grid of rebar is usually added to reinforce the concrete, especially if i...

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Benefits of technology

[0012]These, and other, objects are achieved by a drain system for draining water from a Lanai floor to eliminate rainwater build-up on lanai floors and speed-up draining time on such floors. The device is attached to the edge of the Lanai floor and acts as a scupper. As used herein, the term “scupper” means a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into, for example, bilges.

Problems solved by technology

Maintenance of these systems can be very expensive however, requiring the opening of concrete or other fixed structures.

Wood floors, particularly older ones, will tend to squeak in certain places.

Concrete floors are usually so solid they do not have this problem, but are also much more expensive to construct, and much heavier, resulting in further requirements regarding the structure of the building.

In cities, and even some more rural settings, personal privacy is often difficult to maintain.

Additionally, these encroachments by passersby can occur at lake homes, at homes along waterways or rivers and even at restaurants with outdoor eating areas.

These items are often subject to rain or other such precipitation which may tend to leave moisture on the floor.

The metal track, however, acts as a barrier so that water does not flow away from the floor such that many homeowners have found it difficult and onerous to remove such water and moisture.

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