Rooftop equipment support and method of manufacture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12104381-B2
Application number	US-202318323901-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2023
Priority date	Nov 14, 2019
Publication date	Oct 1, 2024
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024

Abstract

A roof equipment support includes a platform, a pair of sidewalls extending from the platform, and a top wall extending between the pair of sidewalls and offset from the platform. The platform, the pair of sidewalls, and the top wall define an interior cavity that extends a length of the support from a first end to a second end. A pair of strut extensions extend above the top wall, and each of the pair of strut extension include a hook at a distal end. The pair of strut extensions and the top wall define a substantially U-shaped channel that extends at least a portion of the length of the support, and the platform, the pair of sidewalls, the top wall, and the pair of strut extensions are unitarily formed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A roof equipment support comprising:
a first wall having a first width and a length greater than the first width;
a second wall having the length and a second width and spaced from the first wall, the second width less than the first width;
a third wall extending between the first wall and the second wall, the third wall extending at an acute angle from the first wall;
a fourth wall extending between the first wall and the second wall opposite of the third wall, the fourth wall extending at an acute angle from the first wall;
a first strut extension extending from a connection between the third wall and the second wall;
a second strut extension extending from a connection between the fourth wall and the second wall; and
a channel defined by the second wall, the first strut extension, and the second strut extension; and
a roller element configured to be rotatably received at least partially between the second wall, the first strut extension, and the second strut extension, wherein the roller element comprises an elongated shaft with a diameter that is greater than a height of the first strut extension and the second strut extension above the second wall;
wherein at least the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, and the fourth wall define an interior cavity that extends a length of the first wall and the second wall from a first end to a second end.

2. The roof equipment support of claim 1 , further comprising one or more pads coupled to the first wall opposite the third wall and the fourth wall.

3. The roof equipment support of claim 1 , wherein the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, the fourth wall, the first strut extension, and the second strut extension are all integral with one another.

4. The roof equipment support of claim 1 , wherein a cross-sectional profile of the roof equipment support is an extrusion profile with a fixed cross-sectional profile between ends that define a length of the first wall.

5. The roof equipment support of claim 1 , wherein the third wall and the fourth wall are all planar walls, and wherein the third wall and the fourth wall each comprises an uninterrupted outer surface between the first end and the second end.

6. The roof equipment support of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one support wall extending between the third wall and the fourth wall, wherein the at least one support wall divides the interior cavity into at least two lumens.

Assignees

• Wcm Ind Inc

Inventors

• Ball William T
• Pilarczyk Eric

Classifications

• F16L3/085

  for pipes being in an angled relationship to each other · CPC title

• F16L3/22

  specially adapted for supporting a number of parallel pipes at intervals · CPC title

• F16L3/223

  each support having one transverse base for supporting the pipes (F16L3/23, F16L3/237 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16L3/243

  the special member being inserted in the profiled girder · CPC title

• F16L3/222

  having single supports directly connected together · CPC title