Patent ID: 6988640

Claim:
An annular drip pan mountable over a drum lid, the drum lid being a top element of a drum containing a liquid, a pump mounted through a first opening in the drum lid and a second opening as an air hole in the drum lid, the annular drip pan comprising, multiple parallel channels on a top surface for conducting liquids in the drip pan downwardly from the pump to a drain hole, each multiple parallel channel formed between a pair of longitudinally extending walls having a height increasing from the pump conduit to a portion of the drip pan adjacent the drain hole, the drain hole vertically aligned with the second opening in the drum lid; a filter mounted in the drain hole to prevent solid particles from falling into the drum; and the annular drip pan having a raised annular rim over the top surface and a side edge having a U-shaped indentation to accommodate an upwardly directed pump conduit.