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AssigneeRubberForm Recycled Products, LLC
InventorWilliam J. Robbins
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a base having a length in a first direction, a height in a second direction different from the first direction, and a depth in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction. The base includes at least one sidewall having an outer surface, an inner surface, and an edge defining an open end of a cavity within the base. The base also includes a plurality of ribs extending from the inner surface of the at least one sidewall toward the open end of the cavity. The ribs of the plurality of ribs are separated from one another along the first direction. The base further includes at least one tube extending from the inner surface of the at least one sidewall toward the open end of the cavity. The apparatus also includes at least one plaque removably attached to the outer surface of base.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a base having a length in a first direction, a height in a second direction different from the first direction, and a depth in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction, the base comprising:
- at least one sidewall having an outer surface, an inner surface, and an edge defining an open end of a cavity within the base;
- at least one tube extending from the inner surface of the at least one sidewall toward the open end of the cavity;
- and
- a support structure extending from the inner surface of the base toward the open end of the cavity;
- and
- at least one plaque removably attached to the outer surface of the base, wherein
- the at least one plaque comprises a protrusion, press-fit into the base, and extending from a surface of the at least one plaque through the at least one sidewall and into the cavity within the base to removably attach the at least one plaque to the base, and
- the at least one plaque is removably attached to the outer surface of the base by way of a mating between the support structure and the protrusion.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a base comprising a plurality of sidewalls, the plurality of sidewalls comprising:
- a first sidewall having a first length in a first direction and a first width in a second direction different from the first direction;
- a second sidewall having a second length in the first direction and a second width in the second direction, the second sidewall being separated from the first sidewall by a first distance in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
- a third sidewall extending from a first end of the first sidewall to a first end of the second sidewall, the third sidewall having a third length in the third direction and a third width in the second direction;
- a fourth sidewall extending from a second end of the first sidewall opposite to the first end of the first sidewall to a second end of the second sidewall opposite to the first end of the second sidewall, the fourth sidewall having a fourth length in the third direction and a fourth width in the second direction;
- a fifth sidewall having a fifth length in the first direction and a fifth width in the third direction, the fifth sidewall being separated from the first sidewall, the second sidewall, the third sidewall and the fourth sidewall by a third distance in the second direction;
- a sixth sidewall extending from the third sidewall to a first end of the fifth sidewall;
- a seventh sidewall extending from the fourth sidewall to a second end of the fifth sidewall opposite to the first end of the fifth sidewall;
- an eighth sidewall extending from the first sidewall to the fifth sidewall and from the sixth sidewall to the seventh sidewall;
- a ninth sidewall extending from the second sidewall to the fifth sidewall and from the sixth sidewall to the seventh sidewall;
- and
- a support structure extending from the inner surface of the base;
- and
- a plurality of plaques removably attached to one or more of the sixth sidewall, the seventh sidewall, the eighth sidewall or the ninth sidewall,
- wherein
- at least one plaque of the plurality of plaques comprises a protrusion, press-fit into the base, and extending from a surface of the at least one plaque through the at least one sidewall to removably attach the at least one plaque to the base,
- the at least one plaque is removably attached to the base by way of a mating between the support structure and the protrusion, and
- the sidewalls of the plurality of sidewalls comprise an injection-molded recycled rubber material.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a base having a length in a first direction, a height in a second direction different from the first direction, and a depth in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction, the base comprising:
- at least one sidewall having an outer surface, an inner surface, and an edge defining an open end of a cavity within the base, the at least one sidewall having a substantially trapezoidal-shaped cross-section;
- a plurality of ribs extending from the inner surface of the at least one sidewall toward the open end of the cavity;
- at least one tube extending from the inner surface of the at least one sidewall toward the open end of the cavity;
- and
- a support structure extending from the inner surface of the base toward the open end of the cavity;
- and
- a plurality of plaques removably attached to the base,
- wherein
- at least one plaque of the plurality of plaques comprises a protrusion, press-fit into the base, and extending from a surface of the at least one plaque through the at least one sidewall and into the cavity within the base,
- the at least one plaque is removably attached to the base by way of a mating between the support structure and the protrusion,
- the at least one sidewall, the ribs of the plurality of ribs and the at least one tube comprise an injection-molded recycled rubber material, and
- the plaques of the plurality of plaques comprise one or more of a same recycled rubber material included in the at least one sidewall or a material other than the recycled rubber material included in the at least one sidewall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.