US Patent Issued to ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS on July 29 for "Stormwater box with trusses" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,891, issued on July 29, was assigned to ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS INC. (Hilliard, Ohio).

"Stormwater box with trusses" was invented by Ronald Vitarelli (Marlborough, Conn.), Paul Holbrook (Old Saybrook, Conn.) and Bryan Coppes (Old Saybrook, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stormwater and fluid management runoff systems, apparatus, and methods for containing and filtering runoff may be provided. In one implementation, a stormwater management box for managing stormwater runoff may be provided. The stormwater management box may include a top plate and a base plate having a plurality of spaced apart columns positioned therebetween. ...