US Patent Issued to CHAMPION TRUST on Feb. 10 for "Bottom drain pan for packaged terminal air conditioner sleeve" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,508, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CHAMPION TRUST LLC (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Bottom drain pan for packaged terminal air conditioner sleeve" was invented by Christopher Allen Gorman (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC) system includes a wall sleeve in which a chassis is mounted. The wall sleeve includes a bottom configured as a drain pan to collect condensate from the chilling components of the chassis. The floor of the drain pan includes a reservoir that extends downward from the floor. The floor slopes downward from the sides of the bottom to the reservoir so that w...