Patent ID: 9016653
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B65D,F16M,F24F

Abstract:
1. A molded equipment pad comprising: a. a continuous top deck, having a planar top surface, a bottom surface, a center point, edges, and corners, for supporting a piece of equipment on the planar top surface; b. side walls extending downwardly from the edges of the top deck; and c. an underlying network of reinforcing ribs attached to the bottom surface of the top deck, the network including a series of concentric reinforcing arc-shaped ribs attached to the bottom surface of the top deck that are centered on the center point of the top deck and that radiate outwardly toward the side walls of the equipment pad, wherein the series of reinforcing concentric arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the center point of the top deck radiate outwardly short of the side walls of the equipment pad and wherein the underlying network of reinforcing ribs further includes a series of opposing arc-shaped ribs that are attached to the bottom surface of the top deck, that are centered on the corners of the top deck, and that extend to intersect with the concentric arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the center point of the top deck.