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US 9,334,735 B2Granted
Preloadable support
OwnerNatalie Killassyinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a load support (1) comprising a container (2) manufactured from a flexible material, having at least one side wall (4), a top panel (3), a bottom panel (5), and a filler aperture (13). The side wall (4) has a predetermined height selected to be greater than the installation height of the support (1), operatively to allow for vertical expansion of the top of the container (2) into contact with the roof upon filling of the container (2) with a filler material.
Claims25
A load support, comprising:
- a container manufactured from a flexible liquid permeable geotextile fabric, the container having:
- at least one side wall;
- a top panel;
- a bottom panel;
- and
- a filler aperture;
- wherein the at least one side wall includes a main panel having a predetermined height selected to be substantially similar to an installation height and an upper panel that extends generally vertically around the container and between an upper edge of a first section of the at least one side wall and the top panel, the main panel and the upper panel being manufactured from different liquid permeable geotextile fabrics, the upper panel being configured to allow vertical expansion of a top of the container into contact with a roof upon filling of the container with a filler material in a manner that conforms the top panel of the container to the shape of the roof.
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A load support, comprising:
- a container manufactured from a flexible material, the container including:
- at least one side wall;
- a top panel;
- a bottom panel;
- and
- a filler aperture;
- wherein the at least one side wall has a predetermined height selected to be greater than an installation height of the load support, operatively to allow for vertical expansion of a top of the container into contact with a roof upon filling of the container with a filler material;
- wherein the container is manufactured from a liquid permeable geotextile fabric including at least one woven polypropylene;
- and
- wherein the at least one side wall includes a main panel and an upper panel that are manufactured from different woven polypropylene fabrics.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.