Patent attributes
A rugged pan for supporting a fluid-producing unit in fluid collection and overflow applications. The pan has an integrated support system for enhanced material strength, which reduces cracking and premature failure during installation and extended periods of use. Strengthening features include perimeter grommets, angled corners, at least three elongated and longitudinally-extending center supports each having a non-linear perimeter configuration, a corrugated array of laterally-extending uppercuts and undercuts substantially across the pan, and a stress-transferring member connected between adjacent non-linear supports. The pan also has damper inserts secured on top of its non-linear supports and a perimeter quick-mounting shelf area for mating with a drain line connection having fixed relation to a float switch that achieves float body leveling when the pan is placed into a level orientation, to provide reliable float body deployment that shuts off the fluid-producing unit when collected fluid in the pan exceeds a pre-determined safe amount.
