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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ming-Chun Hu, Flower, TW;
Yao-Kun Hsu, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405 43 ; 405 36 ; 405 45 ; 521695 ; 5216914 ;
Abstract
A strap drain material includes a strap having at least a first and a second side and a first and a second end. At least the first side of the material has a plurality of slots arranged in a spaced-apart fashion along a width of the strap and extending along a length of the strap, and a plurality of notches, each of the plurality of notches corresponding to each of the plurality of slots extending from the slots to a surface of the strap. Each notch is sized such that the notch is capable of creating a capillary action and is adapted to draw liquid from outside of the strap and into the slot corresponding to the notch.