US Patent Issued to Stormtrap on July 8 for "Systems, methods, and devices for removing contaminants from stormwater" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,606, issued on July 8, was assigned to Stormtrap LLC (Romeoville, Ill.).

"Systems, methods, and devices for removing contaminants from stormwater" was invented by Gregory Williams (London), Dan Fajman (Minooka, Ill.), Robert J. Moran (Caldwell, N.J.) and Luke Matteson (Marseilles, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stormwater treatment device may include a chamber having a floor and a wall; an inlet formed in the wall that receives stormwater into an inlet side of the chamber; an outlet formed in the wall that discharges stormwater from an outlet side of the chamber; an enhanced settling device positioned in the outlet side of the ...