# US 10,119,290 B2 · Modular isolation supports and floors > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,119,290 B2 - Document ID: US10119290B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/667,368 - Filed: 2017-08-02 - Published: 2018-03-01 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-02 - Assignees: Worksafe Technologies - Applicants: Worksafe Technologies - Inventors: Don A. Hubbard; Gil A. Moreno - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10119290B2 ## CPC - E04H 9/023: {and comprising rolling elements, e.g. balls, pins} - E04B 1/36: Bearings or like supports allowing movement (for bridges E01D19/04; buildings with-standing earthquakes E04H9/02) - E04B 1/98: against vibrations or shocks (on foundations E02D31/08); against mechanical destruction, e.g. by air-raids (against incendiary damage only E04B1/94; finishing work therefor E04F; buildings withstanding earthquake or the like, shelters, arrangements of splintercatching walls E04H9/00) - E04F 15/02044: {Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer (E04F15/02133, E04F15/0215 take precedence)} - E04F 15/02458: {Framework supporting the panels} - E04F 15/22: Resiliently-mounted floors, e.g. sprung floors (laid as webs E04F15/16) - F24F 7/10: with air supply, or exhaust, through perforated wall, floor or ceiling (outlet members for directing or distributing air {into rooms or spaces, e.g. ceiling air-diffusers} F24F13/06) - H05K 7/1495: {providing data protection in case of earthquakes, floods, storms, nuclear explosions, intrusions, fire} - H05K 13/00: Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or adjusting assemblages of electric components - E04F 2015/02061: {adjustable perpendicular to the underlayer} - F24F 2221/40: HVAC with raised floors - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) - E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001}) - E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B) - F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract Improved support systems, including seismic isolation platforms, tracks and flooring systems are disclosed for protecting a payload, for example, data center racks containing delicate computer equipment such as a hard disk drive, from damage due to vibrations such as seismic vibrations and the like. The systems are modular in design, and can be assembled and changed quickly, while being strong and robust enough to support heavy loads. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A modular raised support system comprising a) a first modular support unit comprising a lower horizontal connector having two lateral mating components and two front or back mating components, an upper horizontal connector having two lateral mating components and two front or back mating components, and two vertically extending connectors joined to upper and lower horizontal connectors; wherein said lateral mating components and said front or back mating components comprise a hollow metal tube; and b) a second modular support unit identical to the first modular support unit, c) at least one aisle base connector releasably joined to a mating component of said first modular support unit and a mating component of said second modular support unit; d) two rolling member seismic isolators fastened to a top surface of the upper horizontal connector of said first modular support unit; and e) a support platform. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The modular raised support system of claim 1 comprising two rolling member seismic isolators comprising a lower bearing half, an upper bearing half, and a rolling member between said bearing halves, wherein said lower bearing half is fastened to a top surface of the upper horizontal connector of said first modular support unit, and said upper bearing half is joined to a support frame structured to support flooring tiles. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A raised seismic floor composition comprising the system of claim 2. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A method of protecting a payload from damage comprising placing the payload on the modular raised support system of claim 1. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the modular raised support system comprises two rolling member seismic isolators comprising a lower bearing half, an upper bearing half, and a rolling member between said bearing halves, wherein said lower bearing half is fastened to a top surface of the upper horizontal connector of said first modular support unit, and said upper bearing half is joined to a support frame structured to support flooring tiles. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the modular raised support system is a raised seismic floor composition. ### Claim 7 A modular raised support system comprising: a) a plurality of modular support units, each said modular support unit connected to a neighboring modular support unit by a lower assembly comprising i) one or more horizontal connector component; ii) one or more vertically extending connector component; iii) at least one lateral mating component; iv) at least one component selected from a front mating component and a back mating component; wherein each said one or more horizontal connector component is joined to at least one vertically extending connector component, and each modular support unit comprises two or more rolling member seismic isolators directly or indirectly fastened to a top surface of an upper horizontal connector thereof, wherein said lateral mating component and the component of subparagraph iv) comprise a hollow metal tube.