FLOOD PROTECTION DEVICE FOR PREMISES

• US 20150036949A1
• Filed: 01/30/2013
• Published: 02/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Autopark San Fruttuoso S.R.L
• Original Assignee: Autopark San Fruttuoso S.R.L
• Inventors: Lasagna, Adriano, Coniglio, Davide
• Application Number:
  US14/374,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20150036949A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 383/14
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 88/16 flexible B65D88/34 - B65D88/78 take precedence; hoppers B65D88/26
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 88/76 for use underground manholes, inspection openings, covers therefor B65D90/105; special vessels for collecting or storing rain-water for use in the household E03B3/03; cesspools E03F11/00
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/021 Flexible side walls or doors B65D88/125 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/125 Docking stations, i.e. for the temporary support of the container
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 6/02 Small garages, e.g. for one or two cars attached to, or supported by, the vehicle B62D
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 9/145 Floods protecting building openings E06B9/00
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2009/007 Flood panels
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/0692 comprising flexible sheets as closing screen
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/08 Roll-type closures roller blinds E06B9/40; operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures E06B9/56; usable only as awnings E04F10/06
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/17076 Sealing or antirattling arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 50/00 in human health protection, e.g. against extreme weather

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for protecting shops, workshops, cellars, basements and similar premises, that can be exposed to the flooding risk in case of floods or particularly severe atmospheric events. The device, made in the form of a kit, comprises a waterproof enclosure or wall which acts as a barrier against water and that can be quickly installed in case of need, due to a structure to be applied to the walls of the premises to be protected.

Claims

1. Flood protection device for premises such as car garages, shops and the like, said flood protection device comprising:

a passage opening for the access of people or things from and to the premises

a barrier with at least one flexible waterproof wall; and

supporting means for supporting said barrier in the premises applicable to the waterproof walls thereof.

2. The flood protection device according to claim 1, wherein the barrier comprises an enclosure with an openable wall, and wherein the supporting means comprise members for hanging the enclosure in the premises.

3. The flood protection device according to claim 2, wherein the supporting means comprise beams to be secured to a ceiling in the premises, wherein the enclosure is slidably hung such that it can be moved from a non operating condition in which it is folded, to an operating condition in which it is deployed.

4. The flood protection device according to claim 2, wherein a watertight zip fastener is associated to the openable wall of the enclosure.

5. The flood protection device according to claim 4, wherein the zip fastener extends along a lower edge and side edges of the openable wall, such that it can be rolled up in an opening condition.

6. The flood protection device according to claim 2, wherein the enclosure has a substantially parallelpiped shape having a plurality of faces, and the openable wall is at one face thereof.

7. The flood protection device according to claim 1, wherein the waterproof wall has dimensions substantially equal to those of the passage opening and wherein the supporting means comprise profile members to be secured in the premises to which the waterproof wall is connected.

8. The flood protection device according to claim 7, wherein the waterproof wall comprises a watertight zip fastener.

9. The flood protection device according to claim 8, wherein the zip fastener extends along a lower edge and side edges of the waterproof wall, such that it can be rolled up in an opening condition.

10. The flood protection device according to any of the claims claim 7, wherein the barrier comprises an enclosure, wherein the enclosure and the waterproof wall are made of a waterproofed fabric material.

11. The flood protection device according to claim 10, wherein the fabric material is of a reinforced type, comprising at least one fabric layer associated with a waterproofing layer.

12. The flood protection device according to claim 7, wherein one or more of said profile members are made of polyoxymethylene (POM).

13. (canceled)

14. A flood protection device for premises such as car garages, shops and the like, said flood protection device comprising:

a passage opening for the access of people or things from and to the premises;

a barrier comprising an enclosure, at least one flexible waterproof wall and an openable wall; and

supporting means for supporting said barrier in the premises applicable to the waterproof walls thereof, wherein the supporting means comprise members for hanging the enclosure in the premises.

15. The flood protection device of claim 14, wherein the waterproof wall has dimensions substantially equal to those of the passage opening, wherein the enclosure is slidably hung such that it can be moved from a non operating condition in which it is folded, to an operating condition in which it is deployed, wherein the enclosure has a substantially parallelpiped shape having a plurality of faces, and the openable wall is at one face thereof.

16. The flood protection device of claim 14, wherein the supporting means comprise members for hanging the enclosure in the premises, wherein the supporting means comprise beams to be secured to a ceiling in the premises, wherein the supporting means comprise profile members to be secured in the premises to which the waterproof wall is connected.

17. The flood protection device of claim 14, wherein the openable wall of the enclosure comprises a watertight zip fastener which extends along a lower edge and side edges of the openable wall, such that it can be rolled up in an opening condition, and wherein the waterproof wall of the enclosure comprises a watertight zip fastener, wherein the zip fastener extends along a lower edge and side edges of the waterproof wall, such that it can be rolled up in the opening condition.

18. The flood protection device of claim 14, wherein the supporting means comprise profile members to be secured in the premises to which the waterproof wall is connected, wherein the enclosure and the waterproof wall are made of a waterproofed fabric material, and wherein the fabric material is of a reinforced type comprising at least one fabric layer associated with a waterproofing layer, and wherein one or more of said profile members are made of polyoxymethylene (POM).

19. A flood protection device for premises such as car garages, shops and the like, said flood protection device comprising:

a passage opening for the access of people or things from and to the premises_;

a barrier comprises an enclosure with at least one flexible waterproof wall and an openable wall, wherein the waterproof wall has dimensions substantially equal to those of the passage opening, wherein the enclosure is slidably hung such that it can be moved from a non operating condition in which it is folded, to an operating condition in which it is deployed, wherein the enclosure has a substantially parallelpiped shape having a plurality of faces, and the openable wall is at one face thereof; and

a supporting means for supporting said barrier in the premises applicable to the waterproof walls thereof, wherein the supporting means comprise members for hanging the enclosure in the premises, wherein the supporting means comprise beams to be secured to a ceiling in the premises, wherein the supporting means comprise profile members to be secured in the premises to which the waterproof wall is connected.

20. The flood protection device of claim 19, wherein the openable wall of the enclosure comprises a watertight zip fastener which extends along a lower edge and side edges of the openable wall, such that it can be rolled up in an opening condition, and wherein the waterproof wall of the enclosure comprises a watertight zip fastener, wherein the zip fastener extends along a lower edge and side edges of the waterproof wall, such that it can be rolled up in the opening condition.

21. The flood protection device of claim 19, wherein the enclosure and the waterproof wall are made of a waterproofed fabric material, and wherein the fabric material is of a reinforced type comprising at least one fabric layer associated with a waterproofing layer, and wherein one or more of said profile members are made of polyoxymethylene (POM).