US Patent Issued to Advanced Drainage Systems on June 2 for "Stormwater management crate assembly with tapered columns" (Connecticut, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,270, issued on June 2, was assigned to Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. (Hilliard, Ohio).

"Stormwater management crate assembly with tapered columns" was invented by Adam Miller (Haddam, Conn.), Dan Swistak (Newmarket, N.H.), Bryan Coppes (Old Saybrook, Conn.), Ronald Vitarelli (Marlborough, Conn.) and Paul Holbrook (Old Saybrook, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stormwater management systems, methods, and apparatus for containing and filtering runoff may be provided. In one implementation, a stormwater management crate for managing stormwater runoff may be provided. The stormwater management crate may include a top plate having a f...