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US 12,618,493 B2Granted
Modular support system and clamp
AssigneeERICO International Corporation
InventorScott Ernest Anderson
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Abstract
A rooftop support system can include a base to support the rooftop support structure on a rooftop, and a post secured to and extending upwardly from the base. The rooftop support system can further include a clamp secured to the post to be supported by the post relative to the base. The clamp can include a first wall, a second wall extending from the first wall, and a third wall extending from the second wall, so that the first, second, and third walls at least partly define an interior volume of the clamp. A tab can extend from the third wall at least partly toward the first wall to further define the interior volume.
Claims20
A rooftop support system comprising:
- a rooftop support structure that includes:
- a support beam;
- a base to support the rooftop support structure on a rooftop;
- a post secured to and extending upwardly from the base;
- and
- a clamp secured to the post to be supported by the post relative to the base, the clamp including:
- a first wall;
- a second wall extending from the first wall;
- a third wall extending from the second wall, so that the first, second, and third walls partly define an interior volume of the clamp to receive the support beam with the first wall of the clamp below the support beam;
- and
- a tab extending from the third wall at least partly toward the first wall to further define the interior volume and retain the support beam within the interior volume;
- and
- a second clamp engaged with the support beam, the second clamp including:
- a second-clamp first wall;
- a second-clamp second wall extending from the second-clamp first wall;
- a second-clamp third wall extending from the second-clamp second wall;
- a second-clamp tab that extends from the second-clamp third wall so that the second-clamp first, second, and third walls and the second-clamp tab define a second-clamp interior volume;
- and
- a support post extending upwardly from the second-clamp second wall, with the second-clamp second wall seated above the beam, to secure a supported load to the beam.
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A rooftop support system comprising:
- a first rooftop support structure that includes a first clamp with a first inwardly extending tab;
- a second rooftop support structure that includes a second clamp with a second inwardly extending tab;
- a first beam received within and supported by the first clamp;
- a second beam received within and supported by the second clamp;
- and
- a crossbeam assembly that includes:
- a crossbeam with a first end and a second end opposite from the first end in an elongate direction of the beam;
- a first crossbeam clamp secured to the first end of the crossbeam;
- a second crossbeam clamp secured to the second end of the crossbeam;
- each of the first crossbeam clamp and the second crossbeam clamp including, respectively:
- a first wall;
- a second wall extending from the first wall;
- a third wall extending from the second wall, so that the first, second, and third walls partly define an interior volume of the first or second clamp, respectively;
- and
- a tab extending from the third wall at least partly toward the first wall, and past the first wall in a direction away from the second wall, to further define the interior volume.
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A method of installing a rooftop support system, the method comprising:
- providing a rooftop support structure, including:
- a base to support the rooftop support structure on a rooftop;
- a post;
- and
- a clamp, the clamp including:
- a first wall;
- a second wall extending from the first wall;
- a third wall extending from the second wall, so that the first, second, and third walls partly define an interior volume of the clamp to receive a support beam;
- and
- a tab extending from the third wall at least partly toward the first wall to further define the interior volume and retain the support beam within the interior volume;
- installing the rooftop support structure, including by installing the base on the roof top with the post secured to and extending upwardly from the base and with the clamp secured to the post to be supported by the post relative to the base;
- installing a beam into the interior volume of the clamp;
- and
- adjusting a fastener on the clamp so that the fastener and the tab retain the beam within the interior volume.
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A modular rooftop support system comprising:
- a support structure that includes:
- a base to support the support structure on a support surface;
- a post secured to and extending upwardly from the base;
- a plurality of support members, each support member of the plurality of support members having a cross-sectional profile perpendicular to an elongate direction of the support member;
- and
- a plurality of clamps that include a first clamp secured to the post to be supported by the post relative to the base, each clamp of the plurality of clamps including:
- a first wall;
- a second wall;
- a third wall connected to the first wall by the second wall, so that the first, second, and third walls partly define an interior volume of the clamp to receive a support beam, with the third wall on an opposite side of the interior volume from the first wall;
- and
- a tab extending from the third wall at least partly toward the first wall to define a narrowed entrance region into the interior volume, the narrowed entrance region being sized to receive the cross-sectional profile of any of the plurality of support members into the interior volume;
- the first wall receiving a fastener that is adjustably extendable into the interior volume to clamp into the third wall a support member of the plurality of support members that is received into the interior volume, so that the fastener and the tab secure the received support member against removal from the interior volume through the narrowed entrance region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.