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US 12,421,685 B2Granted
Tower structure ballast tray interface
AssigneeGreat Plains Tower Products LLC
InventorKevin Reski
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Abstract
A tower structure includes a tower comprising a tower aperture arrangement; a ballast tray comprising a support interface; and an interface plate comprising a mount aperture arrangement and an interface plate aperture arrangement, the mount aperture arrangement within the interface plate aperture arrangement, the interface plate attachable to the support interface, the mount aperture arrangement specific to the tower which is to be mounted to the interface plate at the mount aperture arrangement via the tower aperture arrangement.
Claims12
A tower structure, comprising:
- a tower comprising a tower aperture arrangement;
- a ballast tray comprising a support interface;
- and
- an interface plate comprising a mount aperture arrangement and an interface plate aperture arrangement, the mount aperture arrangement within the interface plate aperture arrangement, the interface plate attachable to the support interface, the mount aperture arrangement specific to the tower which is to be mounted to the interface plate at the mount aperture arrangement via the tower aperture arrangement;
- a foot welded to each of a multiple of legs of the tower, each foot having an aperture to form the tower aperture arrangement;
- an inner gusset welded to each foot and the respective leg, the inner gusset extends toward an inner edge of the respective foot;
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- an outer gusset welded to each foot and the respective leg, the outer gusset defines a 28 degree angle with respect to an axis between a center of the aperture in the foot and the leg.
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A tower structure, comprising:
- a tower comprising a tower aperture arrangement;
- a ballast tray comprising a support interface;
- and
- an interface plate comprising a mount aperture arrangement and an interface plate aperture arrangement, the mount aperture arrangement within the interface plate aperture arrangement, the interface plate attachable to the support interface, the mount aperture arrangement specific to the tower which is to be mounted to the interface plate at the mount aperture arrangement via the tower aperture arrangement;
- a foot welded to each of a multiple of legs of the tower, each foot having an aperture to form the tower aperture arrangement;
- an inner gusset welded to each foot and the respective leg, the inner gusset extends toward an inner edge of the respective foot;
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- an outer gusset welded to each foot and the respective leg, the outer gusset defines an angle with respect to an axis between a center of the aperture in the foot and the leg, wherein the outer gusset extends for a length greater than the inner gusset with respect to the leg.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.