Patent ID: 6102359
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
A skid plate for protecting the base of a central air-conditioning unit from damage caused by transport and corrosion, wherein the base of the central air-conditioning unit has feet depending therefrom with holes therein, said skid plate comprising a plate being slender, elongated, flat, and rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped, and having an uppermost face for contacting at least one foot of the feet on the base of the central air-conditioning unit, a lowermost face for contacting a concrete slab upon which the central air-conditioning unit is to rest, and a pair of throughbores that extend from said uppermost face of said plate to said lowermost face of said plate and which are axially spaced apart a distance equivalent to that distance between, and alignable with, a pair of adjacent holes of the holes in the feet on the base of the central air-conditioning unit, with said plate being for replaceably attaching to the feet on the base of the central air-conditioning unit by bolts that enter said pair of throughbores in said plate and threadably engage in the pair of adjacent holes of the holes in the feet on the base of the central air-conditioning unit, with said bolts having heads, and with said plate being replaceably attached to the feet on the base of the central air-conditioning unit to allow for its replacement when necessary.