Patent ID: 7281907

Claim:
A system for improving space allocation in an HVAC system structure, the system comprising: an outdoor cabinet, the cabinet having a floor; a reciprocating compressor having a housing with an upper housing section and a lower housing section and connections to the unit further comprising a suction tube connection, a discharge tube connection and an electrical connection; an offset mounting foot having a main body with a top surface, an opposed bottom surface and perimeter surface side walls extending between the top and bottom surfaces, the top surface including a depression having a center point that is offset in a direction of one of the perimeter surface sidewalls, the depression conforming to at least a portion of the compressor lower housing so as to receive the compressor on installation onto the floor of the cabinet, the compressor suction tube connection, discharge tube connection and electrical connection falling within a volume extending upward from the offset mounting foot, wherein the footprint provides the base area for the upwardly extending volume; means for damping attached to the offset mounting foot and contacting the cabinet floor; and means for assembling the compressor and the offset mounting foot together to form an assembly, the compressor centered in the top surface depression, the bottom surface of the offset mounting foot being the bottom surface of the assembly and installed onto the floor of the cabinet.