Patent ID: 7922130

Claim:
A support device to be installed on a rooftop to support elongate structures extending along a rooftop surface of the rooftop, the support device comprising: a foam base including a top surface, sides and a footprint, the foam base to be installed on the rooftop with the footprint on the rooftop surface; and a rigid structure coupled to the foam base on at least a portion of the top surface and including at least two portions that extend onto the sides of the foam base, the rigid structure including a channel and that extends through the rigid structure opening away from the top surface, and the rigid structure including a flange extending along a side of the channel and extending into the channel to define a strut-like structure, and a further flange opposite the flange, the further flange extending along an opposite side of the channel and extending into the channel to define the strut-like structure.