ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,630, issued on Sept. 9.
"Storm water redirection device" was invented by Alaa Bassiouni (Staten Island, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storm water redirection device includes a channel drain installed in the ground to completely surround a building to capture storm water. A plurality of barriers is each slidably integrated into the channel drain. Each of the plurality of barriers is positionable in a deployed position to deflect the storm water into the channel drain for collecting the storm water. A first drain pipe is positioned in a respective intersecting section of the channel drain to drain the storm water from the resp...