Mobile fabric water tower system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11286671-B2
Application number	US-201816648081-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2018
Priority date	Sep 18, 2017
Publication date	Mar 29, 2022
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022

Abstract

A water tower system having a catchment system to collect climatically-produced water and route the water to an output; a water mattress system fluidly coupled below to the catchment system to collect the water from the catchment system; an elevated water tower storage system fluidly coupled to the water mattress system to receive and store water from the water mattress system, the elevated water tower storage system is located at or below the water mattress system; and a water distribution system fluidly coupled to the elevated water tower storage system to receive water from the elevated water tower storage system and distribute the water to a predetermined location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A water tower system comprising:
a catchment system configured to collect climatically-produced water and route the water to an output, the catchment system being at a first elevation;
a water mattress system fluidly coupled to the catchment system, the water mattress system configured to collect the water from the output of the catchment system, the water mattress system being at a second elevation, the second elevation being below the first elevation;
an elevated water tower storage system fluidly coupled to the water mattress system, the elevated water tower storage system configured to receive and store water from the water mattress system, the elevated water tower storage system being at a third elevation, the third elevation being at or below the second elevation;
a water distribution system fluidly coupled to the elevated water tower storage system, the water distribution system configured to receive water from the elevated water tower storage system and distribute the water to a predetermined location;
a water catchment vessel fluidly coupled to the catchment system;
a wall structure supporting the water catchment vessel at the second elevation, the wall structure having a foundation configured to support a projected load of water and a structural support operably coupled to the foundation, the structural support configured to be physically coupled with and supporting the water catchment vessel; and
a lattice structure operably coupled to at least one of the structural support and the water catchment vessel, the lattice structure being configured to support vegetation or productive food growth.

2. The water tower system according to claim 1 , wherein the catchment system comprises a rooftop and gutter system of a building.

3. The water tower system according to claim 1 , wherein the water mattress system is configured to collect the water from the output of the catchment system in response to gravity.

4. The water tower system according to claim 1 , wherein the water mattress system comprises:
a water catchment vessel fluidly coupled to the catchment system, the water catchment vessel being made of a non-gas emitting waterproof fabric.

5. The water tower system according to claim 1 , wherein the water mattress system comprises:
a water catchment vessel fluidly coupled to the catchment system, the water catchment vessel being made of a lightweight collapsible material.

6. The water tower system according to claim 1 , wherein the water mattress system comprises:
a plurality of water catchment vessels fluidly coupled to the catchment system, each of the plurality of water catchment vessels being selectively fluidly coupled to another of the plurality of water catchment vessels.

7. A water tower system comprising:
a catchment system configured to collect climatically-produced water and route the water to an output, the catchment system being at a first elevation;
a water mattress system fluidly coupled to the catchment system, the water mattress system configured to collect the water from the output of the catchment system, the water mattress system being at a second elevation, the second elevation being below the first elevation;
an elevated water tower storage system fluidly coupled to the water mattress system, the elevated water tower storage system configured to receive and store water from the water mattress system, the elevated water tower storage system being at a third elevation, the third elevation being at or below the second elevation;
a water distribution system fluidly coupled to the elevated water tower storage system, the water distribution system configured to receive water from the elevated water tower storage system and distribute the water to a predetermined location;
a plurality of longitudinal members disposed in a crossing pattern such that base ends of the plurality of longitudinal members are spaced apart and top ends of the plurality of longitudinal members are generally spaced a distance less than the base ends, an intermediate portion of the plurality of longitudinal members generally contacts and are joined to form a tripod or teepee type configuration;
wherein the elevated water tower storage system having a water bag system configured to receive water from water mattress system and selectively dispense water to the water distribution system and a water tower structure configured to support water bag system at the third elevation.

8. The water tower system according to claim 7 wherein the plurality of longitudinal members are collapsible.

9. The water tower system according to claim 7 wherein the water bag system comprises:
one or more bag members configured to receive water from the water mattress system in response to gravity flow.

10. The water tower system according to claim 9 wherein the one or more bag members are each made of a non-gas emitting waterproof fabric.

11. The water tower system according to claim 7 wherein the water bag system comprises:
a plurality of collapsible vessels being fluidly coupled to a central fluidic connector fluidly coupled to a supply line from the water mattress system.

12. The water tower system according to claim 7 wherein the water bag system comprises:
one or more bag members configured to receive water from the water mattress system in response to gravity flow; and
a netting system coupling the one or more bag members to the water tower structure.

Assignees

• Univ Michigan Regents

Inventors

• Sirota Anya
• Farges Jean Louis M

Classifications

• A01G25/00

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• Y02A20/00

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• E04D13/08 Primary

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• E04D2013/0873

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