Patent ID: 8069630

Claim:
A support system for a filter system, the support system comprising: two or more interlocking rows of support blocks; each support block comprising: a shell, the shell comprising a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall, a second end wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall; one or more slides, each slide extending from a surface of the first side wall or a surface of the second side wall; one or more guides, each guide conformed to receive a corresponding slide from an adjacent support block, each guide comprising a first projection and a second projection that extend from the surface of the first side wall or the surface of the second side wall, the second projection being in alignment with the first projection and distal from the first projection; one or more recesses, each recess being formed in the surface of the first side wall or the surface of the second side wall; and one or more nubs, each nub extending from the surface of the first side wall or the surface of the second side wall, each nub conformed to fit within a corresponding recess of an adjacent support block.