Patent ID: 7832159

Claim:
A modular panel for receiving a tube for dissipating heat, said modular panel being comprised of unitary construction and further comprising: a panel top, a panel bottom and four sides, said panel top defining a panel top plane and said panel bottom being continuously planar; at least one channel cut into said panel top and accessible and viewable via said panel top along the entire length of said at least one channel, said at least one channel having at least one end terminating interior of one of said four sides; and at least one flare between said at least one end of said at least one channel and said respective side of said modular panel, said at least one flare intersecting said panel bottom, wherein a tube is positionable and viewable within said channel via said panel top and retained in said channel, whereby the entire tube is below said panel top plane when installed into said channel and is unrestrained by a selected amount in said flare to allow for bending of the tube during installation of the tube into said channel; and whereby a selected amount of primary flooring can be placed directly on said panel top and the tube is viewable by an installer during placement of the selected amount of primary flooring.