Patent ID: 8104575
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: E01C,E04D,E04F

Abstract:
1. A support pad apparatus for distribution of weight loads upon a sloped underlying surface, comprising: a platform, said platform having first and second side edges, a front end and a back end, a top working surface and a bottom surface, and one or more horizontally disposed grooved slotted openings integrally cut into said platform for supporting a person's foot to compensate for the slope of the underlying surface and enabling the generally horizontal orientation of a person's body appropriately tangential to the slope of the underlying surface, each of said grooved openings having end portions and an opening at each said end portion and first and second edge portions; a resilient pad attached to said bottom surface, said resilient pad having a top surface and a flexible concave bottom surface for substantially conforming to the shape of said underlying surface and eliminating any unsettling fulcrum effects; and, said resilient pad and said platform being joined and configured to receive and distribute a weight load over said top working surface to protect against damage to said underlying surface; a member slidably inserted into each said grooved slotted opening in mateable relation.