Patent ID: 7673760

Claim:
A support cradle for use in supporting a coil, roll, or other cylindrical object, comprising: a pair of parallel saddle elements; each said saddle element comprising a roll-supporting, substantially concave upper support-surface upon which may rest a portion of a coil or roll, a bottom surface, and a first end and a second end, each of said first and second ends having a vertical surface-face; each said saddle element being made of nonmetallic, substantially inherently-resilient material; a pair of parallel connecting elements arranged perpendicularly to said pair of saddle elements, each said connecting element comprising a first end and a second end and connecting corresponding ones of said first and second ends of the said pair of saddle elements in order to form a rectilinear-shaped structure; each said connecting element being made substantially of metallic material; each of said pair of parallel connecting elements comprises a one-piece, integrally-formed, right angle-bracket consisting of a vertical section and a horizontal section defining a nestling portion defined by the junction of said vertical and horizontal sections; a respective said corresponding end of each of said pair of parallel saddle elements being nestled in a respective said nestling portion and affixed thereto, a respective said first end of one of said connecting elements being affixed to a said first end of one of said pair of saddle elements and a respective said second end of said one connecting element being affixed to a said first end of the other of said pair of saddle elements; a respective said first end of the other of said connecting elements being affixed to a said second end of the one of said pair of saddle elements and a respective said second end of said other connecting element being affixed to a said second end of the other of said pair of saddle elements; each respective said end of a said connecting element having an end of the respective said horizontal section thereof in flush contact-engagement with and affixed to a portion of a respective said bottom surface of a said end of a respective said saddle element, and having an end of the respective said vertical section thereof in flush contact-engagement with and affixed to a portion of a respective said vertical surface-face of a said end of a respective said saddle element.