Paver supporting apparatus
The invention relates to a paver supporting apparatus. The paver supporting apparatus has a pedestal with a top plate. A modular grid is positioned on the top plate and has a ballast receiving opening and a ballast is located in the ballast receiving opening.
1. A paver supporting apparatus comprising:
a pedestal having:
a top plate with a plate extender, and
a plurality of male lock pins positioned around a circumference of the top plate; and
a modular grid positioned and secured on the top plate such that the top plate supports the modular grid in an elevated position and having a rib receiver extending around an interior of a pedestal receiver and engaging one of the plurality of the lock pins and a lattice extending generally between perimeter edges of the modular grid and defining a plurality of lattice openings.
2. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a tapered ballast receiving opening defined through the modular grid in an area of the lattice.
3. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the tapered ballast receiving opening extends from a top surface down toward an underside.
4. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising a ballast friction fitted in the tapered ballast receiving opening.
5. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the ballast is a tapered column complimentary to the tapered ballast receiving opening.
6. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the tapered ballast receiving opening is a regular polygon.
7. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the ballast is a tapered polygon column.
8. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the ballast has a non-uniform density.
9. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the ballast has a high density portion.
10. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the ballast has a low density portion.
11. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a pedestal column engages with the top plate.
12. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the ballast is a thermoplastic.
13. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the ballast has a metal core and a thermoplastic outer body.
14. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the top plate includes a male lock pin positioned on the top plate.
15. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the modular grid includes a plurality of pedestal receivers positioned along an exterior edge thereof to receive the male lock pin.
16. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the top plate has a dampener extended along the top plate in a recessed section.
17. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the dampener is an insert molded rubber pad.
18. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 1 , having a plurality of pedestals.
19. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 18 , having a plurality of modular grids interconnected by the plurality of pedestals along a plurality of exterior edges of the plurality of modular grids.
20. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the top plate has a plurality of male lock pins positioned along a circumference.
21. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 20 , wherein each of the plurality of male lock pins includes a rib medially positioned thereon.
22. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the plurality of modular grids include a plurality of pedestal receivers positioned along an exterior edge thereof to receive the one of the plurality of male lock pins.
23. The paver supporting apparatus of claim 22 , wherein each of the plurality of pedestal receivers includes a rib receiver to correspond with one of the plurality of male lock pins.
24. A paver supporting apparatus comprising:
a pedestal having:
a top plate with a plate extender, and
a plurality of male lock pins positioned around a circumference of the top plate, a rib medially positioned and extending around a circumference of each one of the plurality of male lock pins; and
a modular grid positioned and secured on the top plate such that the top plate supports the modular grid in an elevated position and having a rib receiver engaging one of the plurality of the lock pins and a lattice extending generally between perimeter edges of the modular grid and defining a plurality of lattice openings.