Patent ID: 7472561

Claim:
An air conditioning evaporator retaining apparatus comprising: (a) an evaporator coil; (b) a drain pan that has at least one outcropping that projects outward from the general plane of a side wall of the pan; and (c) at least one retaining clip with an approximately U-shaped body, wherein the sides of the U are formed from approximately parallel panels, wherein one side of the U is longer than the other and has a tab formed at its end which points toward the center of the U and is approximately perpendicular to the sides of the U (d) wherein the retaining clip secures said evaporator coil to said drain pan and is mounted over a side wall of the drain pan, wherein said tab secures the retaining clip in place by fitting underneath said outcropping of the drain pan wall, wherein static mechanical load on the retaining clip is transferred to the wall of the drain pain.