Patent ID: 7581623

Claim:
The process of accurately locating wheeled commercial kitchen equipment to a predetermined location on a kitchen floor relative to a fixed fire suppression system and to prevent shifting of said wheeled commercial kitchen equipment relative to said fire suppression system during use and when said wheeled commercial kitchen equipment is removed for servicing and returned from servicing, thereby maintaining said wheeled commercial kitchen equipment within placement tolerances of the fixed fire suppression system in said kitchen, comprising: mounting a ramped stop element on said kitchen floor to define said predetermined location relative to said fire suppression system, said ramped stop element confining a wheel on said wheeled commercial kitchen equipment therein, said ramped stop element including a first forwardly sloping surface, a first rearwardly sloping surface, a second forwardly sloping surface, and a wheel receiving portion between said first rearwardly sloping surface and said second forwardly sloping surface, rolling said wheel on said wheeled commercial kitchen equipment up said first forwardly sloping surface and down said first rearwardly sloping surface to be positioned securely by said wheel receiving portion between said first rearwardly sloping surface and said second said forwardly sloping surface in said predetermined location in relation to said floor without use of ties or securing means, said stop element further including wheel support elements extending on lateral sides of said wheel receiving portion, said lateral sides further including openings for allowing removal of debris from the wheel receiving portion while the stop element is secured to the kitchen floor.