Bearing pad
AssigneeAstra Capital Incorporated
InventorKenneth Szekely
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Abstract
A bearing pad for receiving and retaining the substantially vertically oriented structural members of a module for use in constructing a pathway and supporting the pathway module on a ground surface can include a main body member having a lower ground engaging surface and a first slot defined by a first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member. The first slot can be planar and disposed transversely to the lower ground engaging surface of the main body member. The vertically oriented structural member that can be received and retained in the first slot by the first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member.
Claims18
A system for constructing a pathway comprising:
- a pathway module including:
- a top deck configured to cover a ground surface;
- and
- a rib extending away from the top deck;
- and
- a bearing pad configured to slidably receive the rib, including a main body member having a lower ground engaging surface on a first face and a first slot disposed on a second face, opposite the first face, the first slot being defined by a first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member, wherein the rib is configured to be received and retained in the first slot by the first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member;
- a shim securable to the bearing pad in underlying relation thereto, the shim including a central portion and a base portion that surrounds the central portion, the base portion having a perimeter edge, wherein the shim includes:
- an aperture disposed in the base portion adjacent to a portion of the perimeter edge;
- and
- a fastener extending through the aperture;
- wherein the fastener is configured to engage the base member of the bearing pad to securely retain the shim thereto.
A system for constructing a pathway comprising:
- a pathway module including:
- a top deck configured to cover a ground surface;
- and
- a rib extending from the top deck towards the ground surface, including:
- a first rib extending across the pathway module;
- and
- a second rib extending across the pathway module, the second rib intersecting the first rib at an intersection;
- a bearing pad configured to slidably receive the rib of the pathway module positioned at the intersection, the bearing pad including:
- a main body member having a lower ground engaging surface, a first slot defined by a first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member, and a second slot defined by a second cross support member engaging portion of the main body member;
- a shim securable to the bearing pad in underlying relation thereto, the shim including a central portion and a base portion that surrounds the central portion, the base portion having a perimeter edge, wherein the shim includes:
- an aperture disposed in the base portion adjacent to a portion of the perimeter edge;
- and
- a fastener extending through the aperture;
- wherein the fastener is configured to engage the base member of the bearing pad to securely retain the shim thereto;
- and
- wherein the first rib is configured to be received and retained in the first slot by the first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member, the second rib is configured to be received and retained in the second slot by the second cross support member engaging portion of the main body member, and the intersection of the first rib and the second rib being configured to be received in the vertically oriented common space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.