Patent ID: 8220768

Claim:
A strong furnace support used in pairs and larger multiples to support a heavy furnace unit, said furnace support comprising: a riser block having two downwardly-sloping side walls in positions opposed from one another, two downwardly-sloping end walls in positions opposed from one another, and a top surface, said walls contiguous with said top surface and one another, and said walls also each having a lower end and being generally shaped as an isosceles trapezoid; vertical ribbing integral with each of said side walls that creates a scalloped configuration, with said vertical ribbing also configured and positioned to maximize vertical loading capability of said riser block; a flange outwardly-depending from said lower ends of said side walls and said end walls; and a plurality of indentations extending into and below said top surface, said indentations in spaced-apart array across said top surface, wherein when the lower portion of a vibration isolator is inserted into selected ones of said indentations, and a heavy furnace is supported by multiple ones of said furnace supports with multiple vibration isolators therebetween, long duration support of the heavy furnace is provided while the vibration isolators assist in quieting its operation.