Patent ID: 7275736

Claim:
A support grid, for supporting a splash bar comprising: a frame having a longitudinal axis, wherein said frame comprises: a series of columns that extend generally parallel to the longitudinal axis; a series of girts integral with said columns that intersect said series of columns to form a plurality of windows having a width substantially equal to a width of the splash bar and a height; a first retainer integral with said frame, wherein said first retainer is adapted to trap the splash bar and extends from said frame into at least one of said plurality of windows at a first axial position along the longitudinal axis; and slider portions structurally separated and spaced from said first retainer, said slider portions adapted to slidingly support the splash bar that extend in opposed relation from said frame into said at least one of said plurality of windows at second axial position along the longitudinal axis, wherein the first axial position is nearer to one girt than the a second axial position, and is proximate a corner between a column and a girt, and wherein the second axial position is spaced away from the corner by an amount sufficient to permit the splash bar to be rotated from a first position where it is resting on the slider portions to a second position where it is retained by the retainer, the movement from the first position to the second position being without removal of the splash bar from the support grid.