# US 11,592,208 B2 · Water heater pan and hot water storage tank support system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,592,208 B2 - Document ID: US11592208B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/672,911 - Filed: 2019-11-04 - Published: 2021-05-06 - Granted: 2023-02-28 - Earliest claimed: 2019-11-04 - Assignees: IPS Corporation - Applicants: IPS Corporation - Inventors: Jeffrey A. Humber; Gordon L. Zeine, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11592208B2 ## CPC - F24H 9/17: Means for retaining water leaked from heaters - F24D 19/088: {Draining arrangements} - F24H 9/06: Arrangement of mountings or supports - F24H: FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL (steam generation F22) - F24D: DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR (using steam or condensate extracted or exhausted from steam engine plants for heating purposes F01K17/02) ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a hot water storage tank support system and a water heater pan. In one implementation, the hot water tank support system comprises a water heat pan having a bottom wall, an outer wall extending upwardly from and substantially surrounding the bottom wall, and at least one elevated support feature, and at least one substantially rigid supplemental support component. The at least one elevated support feature is configured to support the hot water storage tank, and the at least one elevated support feature includes at least one supplemental support cavity configured to receive the at least one supplemental support component. In some implementations, the supplemental support component(s) may be insertable and removable from the water heater pan. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hot water storage tank support system comprising: a water heater pan having a bottom wall, an outer wall extending upwardly from and substantially surrounding the bottom wall, and at least one elevated support feature; and at least one rigid supplemental support component, wherein the at least one elevated support feature is configured to contact the hot water storage tank, wherein the at least one elevated support feature includes at least one supplemental support cavity located underneath the elevated support feature that receives the at least one supplemental support component, wherein the at least one supplemental support component is insertable and removable from the water heater pan, and wherein the at least one supplemental support component has a substantially tubular shape. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hot water storage tank support system of claim 1, wherein the at least one elevated support feature comprises a central elevated support feature located in a central portion of the bottom wall. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hot water storage tank support system of claim 1, wherein the at least one elevated support feature comprises a circumferential elevated support feature spaced inwardly from the outer wall. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The hot water storage tank support system of claim 1, wherein the at least one supplemental support cavity comprises a plurality of supplemental support cavities, wherein the at least one supplemental support component comprises a plurality of supplemental support components, and wherein the plurality of supplemental support components are insertable and removable from corresponding ones of the plurality of supplemental support cavities. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The hot water storage tank support system of claim 1, wherein the at least one elevated support feature extends inwardly from the outer wall. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The hot water storage tank support system of claim 1, wherein the at least one supplemental support component comprises a plurality of supplemental support components, and wherein at least one supplemental support component has a different size than at least one other supplemental support component. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The hot water storage tank support system of claim 1, wherein the at least one supplemental support cavity has a first width, wherein the at least one elevated support feature has a second width, and wherein the first width is larger than the second width. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The hot water storage tank support system of claim 1, wherein the at least one elevated support feature comprises a pair of side walls and a top wall extending therebetween. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The hot water storage tank support system of claim 8, wherein the at least one elevated support feature includes at least one locating protrusion extending downward from the top surface thereof, and wherein the at least one locating protrusion is configured to locate the at least one supplemental support component. ### Claim 10 A hot water storage tank support system comprising: a water heater pan having a bottom wall, an outer wall extending upwardly from and substantially surrounding the bottom wall, and at least one elevated support feature; and at least one rigid supplemental support component, wherein the at least one elevated support feature is configured to contact the hot water storage tank, wherein the at least one elevated support feature includes at least one supplemental support cavity located underneath the elevated support feature that receives the at least one supplemental support component, wherein the at least one supplemental support component is insertable and removable from the water heater pan, wherein the at least one supplemental support component comprises a plurality of supplemental support components, and wherein at least one supplemental support component has a different size than at least one other supplemental support component.