US 11,702,842 B2
Rooftop equipment support and method of manufacture
William T. Ball, Colorado Springs, CO (US); and Eric Pilarczyk, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to WCM Industries, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed by WCM Industries, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed on May 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/319,877.
Application 17/319,877 is a continuation of application No. 17/097,598, filed on Nov. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,572,694.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,008, filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/935,423, filed on Nov. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0262234 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04D 13/00 (2006.01); F16L 3/22 (2006.01); F16L 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC E04D 13/00 (2013.01) [F16L 3/085 (2013.01); F16L 3/22 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roof equipment support comprising:
a platform having a length greater than a width;
a pair of sidewalls extending from the platform;
a top wall extending between the pair of sidewalls and offset from the platform, wherein the top wall includes a planar surface portion, wherein the platform, the pair of sidewalls, and the top wall define an interior cavity that extends the length of the platform from a first end to a second end, and wherein the cavity is open at both the first end and the second end; and
a pair of strut extensions extending from the top wall, wherein each of the pair of strut extensions comprises a hook at a distal end, wherein each of the strut extensions has a planar portion perpendicular to the platform, and wherein the hook at the distal end of each of the strut extensions includes a 180 degree bend, wherein the pair of strut extensions and the top wall define a channel that extends the length of the platform, wherein an angle between the platform and at least one of the pair of sidewalls within the interior cavity is an acute angle, and wherein the platform, the pair of sidewalls, the top wall, and the pair of strut extensions are unitary.