Patent ID: 7634967

Claim:
A laboratory station comprising: a first station having at least one of an electrical outlet and a fluid outlet and at least one of a fluid inlet and an electrical inlet, said at least one of a fluid inlet and an electrical inlet located at a first connection at an upper portion of the station which cooperates with a first connector of a utility service, said first connector connected to a service column, said service column having a frame securely connected to a surface above a drop ceiling with said frame connected prior to installation of the drop ceiling, and said service column having a face with upwardly extending sides, said face terminating above the first station and having at least one outlet for connecting with the first connector, and said sides cooperating to be adjacent and perpendicular and through portions of the drop ceiling once installed, and an upper portion of the face installed to at least one of electrical and fluid supply line prior to installation of the drop ceiling and the face parallel to the drop ceiling; a second laboratory station, said second station comprising: a fluid outlet which receives fluid from a fluid inlet, said fluid inlet having a connection, said connection supplied by a conduit from a floor box, said floor box having an upper surface disposed proximate to a floor surface, said floor box forming a water tight seal relative to the floor and providing a housing with a bottom surface, at least one fluid supply from a source through a water tight connection through a housing of the box and a drain conduit extending through a watertight connection through the upper surface of the floor box, and a drain connection extending above the bottom surface of the housing, such that a lower end of the drain connection is housed within the floor box in order to allow detection of intermittent or pest leakage.