Equipment platform
AssigneeAsset Guard Products Inc.
InventorsRichard Parker Thurston, Jeremy Carter
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Abstract
Improved equipment bases and methods for making and using same are disclosed herein. The equipment base can include a first coated substrate including a first part having a first thickness sized to provide the load-bearing support for the equipment, a first elastomer coating the first part, a second coated substrate positioned adjacent to the first coated substrate, the second coated substrate including a second part having a second thickness sized to provide the load-bearing support for the equipment, and a second elastomer coating the second part. A first seam can be formed between the first and second coated substrates to allow for moisture to pass between the first and second coated substrates so that moisture is allowed to seep away from the bottom of the equipment.
Claims20
A method of forming a kit, the method comprising:
- coating a first elastomer onto a first substrate to form a first coated substrate;
- coating a second elastomer onto a second substrate to form a second coated substrate, wherein the second elastomer is a same type of elastomer as the first elastomer, or the second elastomer is a different type of elastomer as the first elastomer;
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- coating a third elastomer onto an expansion joint to form a coated expansion joint, wherein the third elastomer is a same type of elastomer as the first elastomer and the second elastomer or the third elastomer is a different type of elastomer as the first elastomer and the second elastomer,
- wherein, if assembled, the kit forms a tank base sized to provide a load-bearing support for an above-ground storage tank and is configured to allow moisture to pass between a seam of the tank base, and the coated expansion joint interlocks the first coated substrate with the second coated substrate.
A method of assembling a tank base, comprising:
- interlocking a first coated substrate with a second coated substrate using a coated expansion joint to form the tank base;
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- disposing an above-ground storage tank onto the tank base,
- wherein the first coated substrate comprises a first elastomer coating, the second coated substrate comprises a second elastomer coating, and the coated expansion joint comprises a third elastomeric coating,
- wherein the tank base is sized to provide a load-bearing support for an above-ground storage tank and configured to allow moisture to pass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.