Rain-collection pad

A rain-collection system for exposed surfaces of liquids or suspensions comprising fastening means, a plurality of quadrilateral rain-collection pads detachably secured with said fastening means in a side-by-side arrangement to form a multi-pad continuous cover extending in the X-Y directions on the exposed surfaces of the liquids or suspensions, each pad having a horizontal bottom wall, four contiguous side walls, and an open top;

• stiffening means attached to at least one of the side walls to stiffen at least one of the side walls;
• and attachment means connected to the pad for detachably attaching stiffening means to at least one of the side walls, each pad being adapted to capture rain water and to float in the liquids or suspensions with the outer surface of the horizontal bottom of each pad in contact with the liquids or suspensions.

A rain-collection system for exposed surfaces of liquids or suspensions comprising fastening a plurality means of quadrilateral rain-collection pads detachably secured with said fastening means in a side-by-side arrangement to form a multi-pad continuous cover extending in the X-Y directions on the exposed surfaces of liquids or suspensions, each pad having a horizontal bottom wall, four contiguous side walls, an open top, and a plurality of stiffening braces extending at an angle between the bottom wall and the side walls to maintain at least one side wall at a substantially right angle to the bottom wall, one end of each brace being attached to the inner surface of the bottom wall away from the side wall and the other end of each brace being attached to the top portion of the inner surface of a side wall.

A rain collection system for exposed surfaces of liquids or suspensions comprising fastening means, a plurality of quadrilateral rain-collection pads detachably secured with said fastening means in a side-by-side arrangement to form a multi-pad continuous cover extending in the X-Y directions on the exposed surfaces of the liquids or suspensions, each pad having a horizontal bottom wall, four contiguous side walls, and an open top, said fastening means comprising a U-shaped channel element having an open throat between parallel extending skirt adapted to receive juxtaposed side walls of adjoining pads, and a lock pin adapted to be received within coaxial apertures in the skirts and two juxtaposed side walls of adjoining pads, to detachably secure the channel element and side walls, each pad being adapted to capture rain water and to float in the liquids or suspensions with the outer surface of the horizontal bottom of each pad in contact with the liquids or suspensions.