Linda D Phillips

US Patent:

7082961, Aug 1, 2006

Filed:

Mar 2, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/790445

Inventors:

Linda Phillips - Venice CA, US

International Classification:

F16K 27/08

US Classification:

137382, 137357, 4295

Abstract:

An apparatus for flood relief comprising a bell shaped hollow body having a top, a bottom, a top opening suitable for attaching a hose, and a bottom opening; a base ring having a center opening, a bottom surface, a side, an adhesive material on the bottom surface, and a protective sheet attached to the adhesive material; and a hose having the means for attaching said hose to the top opening of the body, whereby the protective sheet is removed from the adhesive material on the bottom surface of the base ring and the base ring is placed on the floor of a basement so that the center opening of the base ring is juxtaposed with a drain opening and the body is screwed on the base ring and the hose is attached to the body whereby water that rises through a basement trap will pass through the body and the hose and will be deposited onto a yard of a house. The present invention further provides for a method for flood relief comprising the steps of a means for water retention; a means for securing said means for water retention to a floor; a means for water passage, whereby the means for water retention is attached from one side to the means for securing water retentions to a floor that is secured on the floor and from the other side said means for water retention is attached to said means for water passage whereby water that rises through a basement trap will be retained through said means for water retention and will pass through said means for water passage onto a yard of a house.