# US 2014/0197283 A1 · Pipe Crib-Block

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- Number: US 2014/0197283 A1
- Document ID: US20140197283A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/740,057
- Filed: 2013-01-11
- Published: 2014-07-17
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-11
- Assignees: Western Oilfields Supply Co.
- Applicants: Western Oilfields Supply Company
- Inventors: John W. Lake
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140197283A1

## CPC

- F16L 3/222: {having single supports directly connected together}
- F16L 1/0246: {at a certain height off the ground}
- F16L 3/02: partly surrounding the pipes, cables or protective tubing (bands or chains F16L3/14)
- F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

## Abstract

A pipe crib-block for supporting a portion of hose or pipe in an elevated disposition. The pipe crib-block comprises a body portion causing a generally flat lower support surface and an upper surface defining a generally wedge-shaped trough in a central portion thereof. A pair of engagement keys project upwardly from the upper surface on opposed sides of the trough and a pair of key receiving apertures are disposed in the lower surface of the body portion. The apertures are axially aligned with the engagement keys and configured to receive therein and cooperate with the engagement keys on a second pipe crib-block such that two or more pipe crib-blocks can be stacked in interlocked parallel or perpendicular orientations so as to define a supporting structure for the pipe or hose at variable elevations.

## Claims

### Claim 1

(canceled)

### Claim 2

(canceled)

### Claim 3

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### Claim 4

(canceled)

### Claim 5

(canceled)

### Claim 6

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### Claim 7

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### Claim 8

(canceled)

### Claim 9

A pipe and hose support comprised of a plurality of interlocked crib-blocks and defining a pair of axially spaced generally wedge-shaped surfaces for supporting therein portions of a hose or pipe in a stable disposition at a desired elevation, each of said crib-blocks comprising a body portion having a generally flat lower support surface and an upper support surface, said upper support surface defining a generally wedge-shaped trough in a central portion thereof, a pair of engagement keys projecting upwardly from said upper surface,. said engagement keys being disposed on opposed sides of said trough and proximate opposed ends of said body portion and a pair of key receiving apertures disposed in said lower surface of said body portion, said apertures being axially aligned with said engagement keys and configured to receive and cooperate with an engagement key on another of said crib-blocks so as to prevent relative rotation thereof and form an interlocked stack of vertically adjacent pairs of parallel crib-blocks wherein the parallel crib-blocks in each of said pairs extend in a horizontal disposition perpendicular to and interlock with the crib-blocks in at least one vertically adjacent pair of crib-blocks so as to define and interlock said pair of axially spaced generally wedge-shaped surfaces for supporting portions of a pipe or hose in a stable disposition at a desired elevation.

### Claim 10

(canceled)

### Claim 11

(canceled)

### Claim 12

(canceled)

### Claim 13

(canceled)

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The pipe and hose support of claim 9 wherein the cross-sectional configuration of said alignment keys and said key receiving apertures are square.

### Claim 15 (depends on 9)

The pipe and hose support of claim 9 wherein the engagement keys on each of the crib-blocks in one of said pairs of crib-blocks extend into one of the key receiving apertures in each of the crib-blocks of a vertically adjacent perpendicularly disposed pair of crib-blocks whereby each pair of crib-blocks is interlocked with at least two other crib-blocks.