Portable self-priming floor drainer pump assembly

Claim 1

IN A PORTABLE FLOOR DRAINER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PUMP CHAMBER AND A RELATIVELY RIGID DISC FORMING THE BOTTOM OF SAID CHAMBER AND HAVING AN INTAKE VALVE THEREIN, THE PROVISION OF A BASE MEMBER OF RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE MATERIAL ATTACHED TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID DRAINER IMMEDIATELY BELOW AND IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION TO SAID DISC, SAID DISC AND SAID BASE FORMING A COLLECTING CHAMBER THEREBETWEEN, A SERIES OF DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING PROTUBERANCES FORMED IN SAID BASE MEMBER AND EACH HAVING A SLOT IN ITS LOWER EXTREMITY, SAID COLLECTING CHAMBER BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID SLOTS AND SAID INTAKE VALVE, AND A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED SUPPORTING FEET DEPENDENT FROM SAID BASE, WHEREBY WHEN THE WATER LEVEL APPROACHES FLOOR SURFACE, AIR WILL ENTER SAID SLOTS REDUCING THE SUCTION OF THE PUMP TO ALLOW THE BASE MEMBER TO FLEX TO NORMAL FLOOR CONTACTING POSITION, WHILE WHEN WATER ALONE IS ENTERING SAID SLOTS, SAID BASE MEMBER WILL BE FLEXED UPWARDLY ALLOWING A GREATER AMOUNT OF WATER THERETHROUGH.