Patent ID: 8814120
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A fuel tank support, comprising: an elongated support pad having a platform defining at least a portion of an upper surface of said support pad; wherein said support pad has a plurality of pairs of upper retainers extending from an underside of said platform within an internal cavity of said support pad, said plurality of pairs of upper retainers each being an integral portion of said support pad's underside; a plurality of upper receiver slots defined by each of said pair of upper retainers, each of said pair of upper retainers being comprised of concentrically-aligned rings, wherein said plurality of upper receiver slots includes first upper receiver slots and second upper receiver slots, wherein at least a portion of said first upper receiver slots are concentric with said second upper receiver slots; a base plate connected to said support pad, wherein said base plate substantially encloses said internal cavity; wherein said base plate has a plurality of pairs of lower retainers extending from an upper side of said base plate within said internal cavity of said support pad; wherein each said pair of lower retainers define a lower receiver slot; and a plurality of internal supports each having an upper end adapted to be received by one of said upper receiver slots and having a lower end adapted to be received by one of said lower receiver slots.