Modular rooftop pipe support
An extruded or molded elastomeric (e.g., rubber) or polymeric multi-piece (e.g., two-piece) modular pipe support system utilizes a wide base with protrusions and/or recesses, and a separate top with recesses and/or protrusions that engage the protrusions and/or recesses of the top. The tops are configured to securely capture a pipe/conduit without any additional parts, straps, etc. The top may have one or more pipe-receiving recesses for receiving the pipes (conduits).
1. A rooftop pipe support comprising:
a base; and
a top portion having a pipe-receiving recess;
wherein one of the top portion or the base has protrusions that engage protrusion-engaging recesses in the other of the top portion or the base, holding the base and the top portion together;
wherein the top portion may be engaged to the base at multiple different heights above a bottom wall of the base;
wherein the pipe-receiving recess is bounded at a bottom portion of the pipe-receiving recess that is closest to the bottom wall, by a rounded surface of the top portion;
wherein, when the top portion is engaged with the base, a closest distance between the rounded surface and the bottom wall of the base, is between, in a direction parallel to the bottom wall, a pair of other locations on the rounded surface that are at a greater distance than the closest distance from the bottom wall;
wherein at least part of the top portion is received into a vertical channel in the base;
wherein the protrusions include teeth of the at least part of the top portion;
wherein the protrusion-engaging recesses are tooth-receiving recesses on opposing inner surfaces of the channel; and
wherein the teeth are angled downward, toward a bottom wall of the base.
2. The pipe support of claim 1 , wherein the base and the top portion are both monolithic continuous pieces of a single material.
3. A rooftop pipe support comprising:
a base; and
a top portion having a pipe-receiving recess;
wherein one of the top portion or the base has protrusions that engage protrusion-engaging recesses in the other of the top portion or the base, holding the base and the top portion together;
wherein the top portion may be engaged to the base at multiple different heights above a bottom wall of the base; and
wherein protrusion-engaging recesses have open ends, and the top portion and the base are engaged by sliding the protrusions into the recesses through the open ends, in a direction substantially parallel to the bottom wall of the base.
4. The pipe support of claim 3 , wherein the top portion and the base are both made of an elastomeric or polymeric material.
5. The pipe support of claim 3 , wherein the top portion and the base are both made of the same material.
6. The pipe support of claim 3 , wherein the top portion and the base are both made of a polymeric material.
7. The pipe support of claim 3 , wherein the base has a substantially trapezoidal shape.
8. The pipe support of claim 3 , wherein the support is a modular pipe support, with the top portion being one of a set of multiple top portions, each of which is configured to engage the base.
9. The pipe support of claim 3 ,
wherein the top portion has arms that extend away from a remainder of the top portion in a direction away from the bottom wall of the base; and
wherein the arms define in part the pipe-receiving recess.
10. The pipe support of claim 9 , further comprising a collapsible web in the pipe-receiving recess.
11. The pipe support of claim 9 , further comprising a clip coupling the arms together.
12. The pipe support of claim 11 , wherein the clip engages lips at distal ends of the arms.
13. The pipe support of claim 9 , wherein top portion has one or more grooves along a bottom of the rounded surface.
14. The pipe support of claim 3 , wherein the top portion includes a collapsible web that changes shape to accommodate different sizes of objects placed in contact with the web.
15. The pipe support of claim 3 , wherein the base and the top portion are both monolithic continuous pieces of a single material.
16. The pipe support of claim 3 , wherein at least part of the top portion is received into a vertical channel in the base.
17. The pipe support of claim 16 ,
wherein the protrusions include teeth of the at least part of the top portion;
wherein the protrusion-engaging recesses are tooth-receiving recesses on opposing inner surfaces of the channel.
18. The pipe support of claim 17 , wherein the teeth are angled downward, toward a bottom wall of the base.
19. The pipe support of claim 3 , wherein the top portion includes a toothed post that is inserted into and engaged with a tooth-lined channel of the base.