US 11,788,768 B2
Devices for supporting HVAC condensing units outdoors in high velocity wind zones and methods of manufacture and use thereof
Matthew D. Krause, Johns Creek, GA (US); Franco F. Daino, Dacula, GA (US); Jonathan M. Sada, Lawrenceville, GA (US); Bryce M. Lowe, Atlanta, GA (US); Charles S. Stephens, Atlanta, GA (US); and James A. Kitchen, Lawrenceville, GA (US)
Assigned to DiversiTech Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by DiversiTech Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/181,561.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/981,849, filed on Feb. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0348801 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. F24F 13/32 (2006.01); F24F 1/60 (2011.01)
CPC F24F 13/32 (2013.01) [F24F 1/60 (2013.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for supporting an HVAC condensing unit, the device comprising:
a top side including a first inner surface;
a wall hosted via the first inner surface such that the first inner surface and the wall form an inner space, wherein the wall includes a first side and a second side, wherein the first inner surface extends between the first side and the second side, wherein the first side includes a first slot dipping toward the first inner surface and a second slot dipping toward the first inner surface, wherein the second side includes a third slot dipping toward the first inner surface and a fourth slot dipping toward the first inner surface, wherein the first side opposes the second side such that the first slot opposes the third slot and the second slot opposes the fourth slot;
a bottom side including a second inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the outer surface includes a first channel and a second channel, wherein the first channel and the second channel extend parallel to each other; and
a plurality of spikes hosted via the second inner surface, wherein the spikes extend toward the first inner surface into the inner space as the second inner surface faces the first inner surface when (a) the first channel is co-aligned with the first slot and the third slot, (b) the second channel is co-aligned with the second slot and the fourth slot and (c) the HVAC condensing unit is supported via the top side such that (i) the inner space extends between the HVAC condensing unit and the second inner surface, (ii) the spikes extend between the HVAC condensing unit and the second inner surface, and (iii) the top side extends between the HVAC condensing unit and the bottom side.