Molded equipment pad with arc-shaped ribs
AssigneeDiversitech Corporation
InventorsCharles Walter Cox, Jr., Keith Platt, Jonathan Sada
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Abstract
A molded equipment pad having a top deck, side walls, underlying reinforcing radial ribs, and underlying reinforcing arc-shaped ribs. The arc-shaped ribs may include a series of concentric arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the center of the equipment pad and that extend toward the side walls of the pad and a number of distributed circular hubs. Alternatively, the arc-shaped ribs may include a series of concentric arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the center of the equipment pad that end short of the side walls, a series of opposing arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the corners of the equipment pad, and a number of distributed circular hubs.
Claims26
A method, comprising:
- enabling a user to:
- access a pad including a deck, a sidewall, and a set of ribs, wherein the sidewall and the set of ribs extend from the deck such that the sidewall encloses the set of ribs, wherein the set of ribs includes at least two distributed hub walls where each distributed hub wall has a first set of walls outwardly extending therefrom and a second set of walls inwardly extending therefrom such that the second set of walls intersect each other within that respective distributed hub wall and the second set of walls is shorter in height than the first set of walls relative to the deck, wherein the set of ribs includes a wall extending from the sidewall, wherein the wall varies in height relative to the deck, wherein the deck includes a top surface that is planar, wherein at least one of (a) the set of ribs segments the deck into four quadrants where two of the four quadrants respectively enclose two distributed hub walls of the at least two distributed hub walls;
- (b) the at least two distributed hub walls avoid sharing a common center with each other;
- or (c) the deck has a center point and the at least two distributed hub walls are not concentric with the center point, wherein at least one wall of the second set of walls is longitudinally rectilinear;
- and
- position an air conditioning unit on the deck including the top surface.
A method, comprising:
- accessing a first pad including a first deck, a first sidewall, and a first set of ribs, wherein the first sidewall and the first set of ribs extend from the first deck such that the first sidewall encloses the first set of ribs, wherein the first set of ribs includes a first hub wall and a first group of walls extending from the first hub wall radially external to the first hub, wherein the first deck includes a first top surface that is planar, wherein the first hub wall encloses a first set of walls intersecting each other and shorter in height than the first group of walls relative to the first deck;
- accessing a second pad including a second deck, a second sidewall, and a second set of ribs, wherein the second sidewall and the second set of ribs extend from the second deck such that the second sidewall encloses the second set of ribs, wherein the second set of ribs includes a second hub wall and a second group of walls extending from the second hub wall radially external to the first hub, wherein the second deck includes a second top surface that is planar, wherein the second hub wall encloses a second set of walls intersecting each other and shorter in height than the second group of walls relative to the second deck;
- forming a stack where the second pad is positioned on the first pad;
- removing the first pad or the second pad from the stack;
- positioning the first pad or the second pad on a surface;
- and
- positioning an air conditioning unit on the first deck including the first top surface or the second deck including the second top surface, wherein (a) the first sidewall has a first group of corners and the first group of walls respectively spans between the first hub wall and the first group of corners or (b) the second sidewall has a second group of corners and the second group of walls respectively spans between the second hub wall and the second group of corners.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.