Patent ID: 7971742

Claim:
A containment device for a liquid handling system, the device comprising: a vault comprising a cavity for housing the liquid handling system, a closed bottom, sides and a top comprising an opening for enabling the liquid handling system to be installed and removed from said cavity; a supporting device comprising a first half of a quick connect system connected to external plumbing, said first half of said quick connect system comprising a connector base comprising a flat plate with two openings for joining to said external plumbing on a first side, and slotted perpendicular bosses along two edges of a second side, said supporting device being positioned in a lower portion of said cavity and secured to said vault for supporting a weight of the liquid handling system; a bracket comprising a second half of a quick connect system connected to internal plumbing for the liquid handling system, said second half of said quick connect system comprising: a connector shoe comprising a flat plate having two openings for joining to said internal plumbing on a first side of said connector shoe and for aligning with said two opening of said connector base, said flat plate being operable for sliding between said slotted perpendicular bosses of said connector base; and an O-ring type sealer circumferentially about each of said two openings on a second side of said connector shoe, said bracket configured to removably join to the liquid handling system, to rest on said supporting device when said bracket and the liquid handling system is lowered into said cavity, and to mate said first half and said second half of said quick connect system allowing liquid to flow between said external plumbing and said internal plumbing; and a lid securable to said top to cover said opening of said top for mitigating intrusion of environmental elements into said vault.