Tank Stand
AssigneeHot Wheels Services, Inc.
InventorGene Lee Trudell
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Abstract
A tank base for supporting a conforming tank. A pair of base elements each includes mating edges which conform to one another. A connection joins the base elements, the connection having a connection channel along the mating edge of one of the base elements and a connection union along the mating edge of the other of the elements, with the connection channel and the connection union interengaging to form the connection. The base elements, when joined, form a support platform. In one form of the invention, the support platform supports a tank. In another form of the invention, a base cover, comprising a pair of cover elements, adjoins the support platform and has a planar surface for supporting a tank thereon.
Claims17
A tank base for supporting a conforming tank, comprising
- a. a pair of base elements, each base element including a mating edge, said mating edges conforming to one another, and
- b. a connection for joining said base elements, said connection comprising
- i. a connection channel extending from and along the mating edge of one of said base elements,
- ii. a connection union extending from and along the mating edge of the other of said base elements, said connection channel and said connection union interengaging to form said connection,
- c. said base elements, when joined, forming a support platform.
A tank base for supporting a conforming tank, comprising
- a. a pair of base elements, each base element including a mating edge, said mating edges conforming to one another,
- b. a connection for joining said base elements, said connection comprising
- i. a connection channel extending from and along the mating edge of one of said base elements,
- ii. a connection union extending from and along the mating edge of the other of said base elements, said connection channel and said connection union interengaging to form said connection,
- c. said base elements, when joined, forming a support platform,
- d. a base cover adjoining said support platform, said base cover having one side conforming to said support platform and a generally planar opposite side,
- e. said base cover comprising a pair of cover elements, each cover element including a mating side, said mating sides conforming to one another, and
- f. a coupler for joining said cover elements, said coupler comprising
- i. a coupler channel extending from and along the mating side of one of said cover elements,
- ii. a coupler union extending from and along the mating side of the other of said cover elements, said coupler channel and said coupler union interengaging to form said coupler.
- g. said cover elements, when joined, forming a tank platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.