ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,466, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to INFILTRATOR WATER TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Old Saybrook, Conn.).
"Stormwater box with pyramidal polyhedron bracing" was invented by Paul Holbrook (Old Saybrook, Conn.) and Adam Miller (Haddam, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rectanguloid shape six-walled thermoplastic box for receiving and dispersing stormwater, when part of an array of like boxes that is buried in media, has interior bracing in the form of an irregular polyhedron structure comprised of up to six hollow pyramids. The truncated apexes of the pyramids meet near the center of the box. The base of each hollow pyramid is contact with,...