ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,899, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Midwest Design Group (Indianapolis).
"Trench drains with suspended grates" was invented by Daniel Swanson (Fishers, Ind.), Daniel Cohoat (McCordsville, Ind.), Stephen Little (Fishers, Ind.), Hitendra Patel (Westfield, Ind.) and Thomas Cohoat (Westfield, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strap-supported grate section in a surface-supported drain grate system includes a drain grate; at least one inner strapping member having a middle portion affixed on a top facing inner section of the drain grate; and two anchor strapping members, each of which has a middle portion that is affixed on a top f...