Patent ID: 8567432

Claim:
A valve box platform comprising: a peripheral wall having a receiving surface sized and shaped for receiving valve boxes of two different sizes, the receiving surface having an elevated peripheral surface and a recessed peripheral surface, the elevated peripheral surface and the recessed peripheral surface each extending around either an outer or an inner periphery of the receiving surface, the elevated peripheral surface being elevated relative to the recessed peripheral surface along a height axis of the valve box platform, the valve box platform having a narrow end and a wide base; a knockout portion positioned within a first recess in an outward-facing surface of the peripheral wall; and a second recess in an inward-facing surface of the peripheral wall, the second recess being U-shaped and having a rounded receiving portion, the second recess being aligned with the knockout portion, the first recess in the outward-facing surface being of a different shape than the second recess in the inward-facing surface.