US 12,228,230 B2
Rooftop pipe support
Phillip C. Georgeau, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Lisa Anne Mulder, Plainwell, MI (US); and Daniel J. Olinger, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Green Link Holdings, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Green Link Holdings, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/988,333.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/284,926, filed on Dec. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0167923 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 3/223 (2006.01); F16L 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 3/2235 (2013.01) [F16L 3/1218 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roof structure of a building, comprising:
a low slope roof structure having an upwardly facing roof surface;
a support assembly including a base, a support structure, and a retainer;
the base having a lower portion engaging the upwardly facing roof surface, wherein the base further includes an upper connecting structure;
wherein the support structure is secured to the upper connecting structure of the base, the support structure including a plurality of upwardly-opening recesses, wherein the recesses are designed and shaped to receive and support a plurality of elongated items, and wherein each recess includes a lower surface and spaced apart side surfaces that extend upwardly from the lower surface, whereby the side surfaces are orthogonal to a low slope roof structure when the base is positioned on a low slope roof structure; and
wherein the retainer is adapted to movably engage the support structure and extend over the upwardly-opening recesses when the retainer is in a closed position whereby the retainer substantially prevents removal of elongated items when elongated items are positioned in the upwardly-opening recesses, and wherein the retainer is adapted to be moved to a closed position from an open position while the retainer engages the support structure, wherein the open position permits installation and/or removal of the elongated items from the upwardly-opening recesses.