Patent ID: 7028970
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: F16M

Abstract:
1. A skid for mounting first and second pieces of equipment requiring horizontal axial alignment, the skid comprising: a pair of laterally disposed base members, a first support member for supporting the first piece of equipment, and a second support member for supporting the second piece of equipment, wherein the second support member is releaseably attached to and between the pair of base members and is adjustable positioned relative to the pair of base members to substantially provide the required horizontal axial alignment of the first and second pieces of equipment, wherein each of the pair of base members has a vertical surface with a first plurality of vertically disposed holes extending horizontally through the vertical surface and defining at least one horizontally aligned set of holes, and wherein the second support member has at least a mounting plate and a pair of side walls extending perpendicularly from a pair opposing edges of the mounting plate, wherein each of the pair of side walls has a second plurality of vertically disposed holes extending horizontally through the side walls and defining at least one horizontally aligned set of holes parallel to the mounting plate and which correspond to the at least one horizontally aligned set of holes in the pair of base members, and the skid further comprising a plurality of fasteners inserted through the corresponding at least one horizontally aligned set of holes in the pair of side walls and in the pair of base members releaseably securing the second support member to the pair of base members at a selected vertical position relative to the pair of base members.