ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,393, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CONTECH ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS LLC (West Chester, Ohio).
"Stormwater collection system with filtration, retention and irrigation of live plantings" was invented by Warren Jones (Revesby, Australia), Blake Allingham (Woolooware, Australia) and James Lenhart (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stormwater collection system includes a planting bed containing live plant matter, and at least one collection chamber located within the planting bed and beneath or within the root zone of the live plant matter. The collection chamber defines a collection volume. The system includes one or more ...