US 5,452,739 AGranted

Overflow tray

AssigneeE. L. Mustee & Sons, Inc.

InventorsRobert J. Mustee, William E. Trsek

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Abstract

An overflow tray for use with a water containing appliance. The overflow tray comprises a base for receiving and supporting a water containing appliance. A plurality of walls extend transversely from the base to define a watertight container. One of the walls has a pair of end portions cooperating with the base to define a frame. Each end portion connects a respective one of a pair of the walls to the base. Each end portion has a length greater than the thickness of a connected wall to reinforce and strengthen the connected wall adjacent the one wall. The one wall further includes a removable gate receivable in the frame and extendable between the end portions. A groove is located in one of the removable gate and the frame. A projection is located on the other of the removable gate and the frame for receipt in the groove and engagement with an elastomeric seal to form a watertight seal in the one wall.

Claims10

Dependent claims

An overflow tray for a water-containing appliance comprising:

a) a base for supporting the appliance, the base having an upper surface facing the appliance and including an opening for draining water from the tray, a portion of the upper surface sloping toward the opening;
b) a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the base;
c) one side wall of the plurality of side walls including a pair of end portions cooperating with the base to define a frame for receiving a gate in watertight engagement, the end portions connected to ends of respective side walls adjacent the end portions, each end portion being tapered along a direction corresponding to a length of the one side wall such that the portion increases in dimension from an upper surface of the end portion to a lower region of the end portion adjacent the base to strengthen the end portions connected side wall;
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d) the gate being removable from the frame to permit the appliance to be slid onto and off the base, the gate including side portions which are tapered to matingly engage portions of the frame defined by the tapered end portions, said gate side portions including extending means for removably securing said gate to said end portions.

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