Patent ID: 7228967

Claim:
Means for safely supporting fragile articles being mountable upon a substrate therebelow by securement devices driven therethrough comprising: A. a support member extending longitudinally and made of a flexibly resilient material and adapted to be positioned upon a substrate therebelow for mounting thereon, said support member including: (1) an upper supporting surface defining a support plane extending thereacross for supporting fragile articles thereupon, said upper supporting surface adapted to support fragile articles thereupon in spaced relation to the substrate therebelow to facilitate protection thereof; (2) a lower supporting surface positioned spatially distance from and below said upper supporting surface and adapted to abut a substrate located therebelow to facilitate mounting thereupon; B. a mounting member affixed to said support member and extending longitudinally therealong, said mounting member being securable with respect to the substrate in abutment therebeneath for facilitating attaching of said support member with respect thereto, said mounting member including: (1) a lower securement surface positionable in abutment with respect to a substrate therebelow responsive to positioning of said lower supporting surface of said support member into abutment with respect to the substrate; (2) an upper securement surface located at a position laterally adjacent and below said upper supporting surface of said support member and positioned spaced from and above said lower securement surface, said upper securement surface defining a securement plane positioned spaced below said support plane, said upper securement surface being adapted to receive a securement device driven therethrough into engagement with the substrate therebelow to facilitate securement of said mounting member to the substrate therebelow and for mounting of said support member with the lower supporting surface thereof in abutment with and mounted upon the substrate positioned therebeneath, said upper securement surface defining a safety zone means thereabove in the area below said support plane of said upper supporting surface to facilitate maintaining of spacing between any securement devices extending through said mounting member and any fragile article positioned upon said upper supporting surface; and C. a plurality of securement means capable of being driven into said upper securement surface and through said mounting member into a substrate therebelow for securing said mounting member thereto and for attaching said support member with respect to the substrate immediately below aid lower supporting surface thereof.