Patents Assigned to The Green Rain Barrel Incorporated
  • System and method for harvesting rainwater
    Patent number: 8925575
    Abstract: A system for rainwater harvesting utilizes a rain barrel adapted for collecting and storing rainwater runoff gravity-fed from a rooftop through a downspout. A downspout diverter comprises an inlet section, an outlet section, and an elongated connector section interconnecting the inlet section and the outlet section. The inlet section has a first open end adapted for communicating with an end of the downspout and a second open end communicating with an inlet opening formed with the rain barrel. The outlet section of the diverter has a first open end communicating with an outlet (or, overflow) opening formed with the rain barrel and a second open end for directing rainwater outwardly from the rain barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: The Green Rain Barrel Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph W. Taborek, Keith Richard Radt, Paul Michael Elhardt
  • System for harvesting rainwater
    Patent number: 8881756
    Abstract: A system for rainwater harvesting includes a rain barrel adapted for collecting and storing rainwater runoff gravity-fed from a rooftop through a downspout. A substantially rigid downspout diverter comprises an inlet section, an overflow section, and an elongated connector section interconnecting the inlet section and the overflow section. The inlet section has a first end adapted for communicating with an end of the downspout and a second end communicating with an inlet opening formed with the rain barrel. The overflow section has a first end communicating with an overflow opening formed with the rain barrel and a second end extending away from the rain barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Green Rain Barrel Incorporated
    Inventor: Joseph W. Taborek
  • System for harvesting rainwater
    Patent number: 8397746
    Abstract: A system for rainwater harvesting includes a rain barrel adapted for collecting and storing rainwater runoff gravity-fed from a rooftop through a downspout. A substantially rigid downspout diverter comprises an inlet section, an overflow section, and an elongated connector section interconnecting the inlet section and the overflow section. The inlet section has a first end adapted for communicating with an end of the downspout and a second end communicating with an inlet opening formed with the rain barrel. The overflow section has a first end communicating with an overflow opening formed with the rain barrel and a second end extending away from the rain barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Green Rain Barrel Incorporated
    Inventor: Joseph W. Taborek
  • Rain barrel
    Patent number: D703911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Green Rain Barrel Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph W. Taborek, Keith Richard Radt, Paul Michael Elhardt
  • Rain barrel
    Patent number: D738590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: The Green Rain Barrel Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph W. Taborek, Keith Richard Radt, Paul Michael Elhardt