Apparatus for collecting rainwater
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Feb 8, 2005
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May 6, 2004
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Sep 9, 2003
filing date -
Mar 9, 2001
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Apparatus for collecting rainwater including a flexible water-support sheet of elongate rectangular form mounted in a housing and movable between a stored disposition within the housing and shielded thereby from unwanted matter, and an extended operative disposition in which a free end of the sheet extends through an opening in the housing and substantially longitudinally to a predetermined extent. The extended sheet is supported in the operative disposition such that the sheet is dished transversely in a trough-like form to receive and retain rainwater and is inclined upwardly in its longitudinal direction away from the housing for draining received water gravitationally back to the housing. A water control means is associated with the housing whereby water received from the water-support sheet is available for passage to storage or distribution means. A spool may be included about which the water-support sheet may be wound when retracted.
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