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Granted Patent B2
US 12,522,399 · App. 19/231,217 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Equipment pad with underside ribs

Inventors: Charles Walter Cox, Jr. (Lawrenceville, GA); Keith Platt (Snellville, GA); Jonathan Sada (Lawrenceville, GA)
Assignee: DiversiTech Corporation
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Patent No.
US 12,522,399
App. No.
19/231,217
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A molded equipment pad having a top deck, side walls, underlying reinforcing radial ribs, and underlying reinforcing arc-shaped ribs. The arc-shaped ribs may include a series of concentric arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the center of the equipment pad and that extend toward the side walls of the pad and a number of distributed circular hubs. Alternatively, the arc-shaped ribs may include a series of concentric arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the center of the equipment pad that end short of the side walls, a series of opposing arc-shaped ribs that are centered on the corners of the equipment pad, and a number of distributed circular hubs.

Claims (42)

1 . A method, comprising:

enabling a user to:

access a pad including a deck, a sidewall, and a plurality of ribs, wherein the sidewall and the plurality of ribs extend from the deck such that the sidewall encloses the plurality of ribs, wherein the plurality of ribs includes at least two distributed hub walls where each distributed hub wall has a plurality of walls outwardly extending therefrom, wherein the plurality of walls is at least five walls, wherein the plurality of ribs includes a wall extending from the sidewall such that the wall smoothly decreases in height relative to the deck proceeding away from the sidewall, wherein at least one of (a) the plurality of ribs segments the deck into four quadrants where two of the four quadrants respectively enclose two distributed hub walls of the at least two distributed hub walls; (b) the at least two distributed hub walls avoid sharing a common center with each other; or (c) the deck has a center point and the at least two distributed hub walls are not concentric with the center point, wherein the deck includes a plurality of deck corners and an outer surface that is fully planar from one deck corner to another deck corner, wherein the sidewall defines at least two sidewall corners from which at least two walls respectively extend toward the at least two distributed hub walls and each wall of the at least two walls hosts a post-shaped fillet (i) having an opening, (ii) spaced apart from a respective sidewall corner of the at least two sidewall corners, (iii) extending from the deck and (iv) positioned between a respective hub wall of the at least two distributed hub walls and a respective sidewall corner of the at least two sidewall corners; and

position an air conditioning unit on the outer surface of the deck.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the deck, the sidewall, and the plurality of ribs are molded to include polyethylene.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wall is a first wall, wherein the plurality of ribs includes a second wall extending from the sidewall such that the second wall decreases in height relative to the deck away from the sidewall, wherein the first wall and the second wall extend towards each other.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein each of the first wall and the second wall decreases in height relative to the deck by curving towards the deck.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of ribs includes at least two ribs extending between two distributed hub walls of the at least two distributed hub walls while avoiding extending from the two distributed hub walls, wherein the at least two ribs is (a) at least two ribs based on the two distributed hub walls being positioned non-diagonal to each other or (b) at least three ribs based on the two distributed hub walls being positioned diagonal to each other.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the two distributed hub walls are diagonal to each other.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of ribs includes a plurality of arc-shaped ribs.

8 . A method, comprising:

enabling a user to:

access a pad including a deck, a sidewall, and a plurality of ribs, wherein the sidewall and the plurality of ribs extend from the deck such that the sidewall encloses the plurality of ribs, wherein the plurality of ribs includes at least two distributed hub walls where each distributed hub wall has a plurality of walls outwardly extending therefrom, wherein the plurality of ribs includes a wall extending from the sidewall such that the wall smoothly decreases in height relative to the deck proceeding away from the sidewall, wherein the sidewall defines at least two corners from which at least two walls respectively extend toward the at least two distributed hub walls such that each wall of the at least two walls hosts a post-shaped fillet (i) having an opening, (ii) spaced apart from a respective corner of the at least two corners, (iii) extending from the deck and (iv) positioned between a respective hub wall of the at least two distributed hub walls and a respective corner of the at least two corners, wherein at least one of (a) the plurality of ribs segments the deck into four quadrants where two of the four quadrants respectively enclose two distributed hub walls of the at least two distributed hub walls; (b) the at least two distributed hub walls avoid sharing a common center with each other; or (c) the deck has a center point and the at least two distributed hub walls are not concentric with the center point; and

position an air conditioning unit on the deck.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the deck, the sidewall, and the plurality of ribs are molded to include polyethylene.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the wall extends from the sidewall such that the wall decreases in height relative to the deck by curving towards the deck.

11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the wall is a first wall, wherein the plurality of ribs includes a second wall extending from the sidewall such that the second wall decreases in height relative to the deck away from the sidewall, wherein the first wall and the second wall extend towards each other.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein each of the first wall and the second wall decreases in height relative to the deck by curving towards the deck.

13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of ribs includes a plurality of arc-shaped ribs.

14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of ribs includes at least two ribs extending between two distributed hub walls of the at least two distributed hub walls while avoiding extending from the two distributed hub walls, wherein the at least two ribs is (a) at least two ribs based on the two distributed hub walls being positioned non-diagonal to each other or (b) at least three ribs based on the two distributed hub walls being positioned diagonal to each other.

15 . A method, comprising:

enabling a user to:

access a pad including a deck, a sidewall, and a plurality of ribs, wherein the sidewall and the plurality of ribs extend from the deck such that the sidewall encloses the plurality of ribs, wherein the plurality of ribs includes at least two distributed hub walls where each distributed hub wall has a plurality of walls outwardly extending therefrom, wherein the deck includes a plurality of deck corners and an outer surface that is fully planar from one deck corner to another deck corner, wherein the plurality of ribs includes a first wall extending from the sidewall such that the first wall smoothly decreases in height relative to the deck by curving towards the deck proceeding away from the sidewall and avoiding any increase in height until its end and a second wall extending from the sidewall such that the second wall smoothly decreases in height relative to the deck by curving towards the deck proceeding away from the sidewall and avoiding any increase in height until its end, wherein the first wall and the second wall extend towards each other, wherein at least one of (a) the plurality of ribs segments the deck into four quadrants where two of the four quadrants respectively enclose two distributed hub walls of the at least two distributed hub walls; (b) the at least two distributed hub walls avoid sharing a common center with each other; or (c) the deck has a center point and the at least two distributed hub walls are not concentric with the center point; and

position an air conditioning unit on the outer surface of the deck.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the deck, the sidewall, and the plurality of ribs are molded to include polyethylene.

17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the sidewall defines at least two sidewall corners from which at least two walls respectively extend toward the at least two distributed hub walls such that each wall of the at least two walls hosts a post-shaped fillet (i) having an opening, (ii) extending from the deck, and (iii) positioned between a respective hub wall of the at least two distributed hub walls and a respective sidewall corner of the at least two sidewall corners.

18 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of ribs includes a plurality of arc-shaped ribs.

19 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of ribs includes at least two ribs extending between two distributed hub walls of the at least two distributed hub walls while avoiding extending from the two distributed hub walls, wherein the at least two ribs is (a) at least two ribs based on the two distributed hub walls being positioned non-diagonal to each other or (b) at least three ribs based on the two distributed hub walls being positioned diagonal to each other.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the at least two distributed hub walls are diagonally opposite of each other.

21 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the at least two distributed hub walls are four hub walls.

22 . A method, comprising:

enabling a user to:

access a pad including a deck, a sidewall, and a plurality of ribs, wherein the sidewall and the plurality of ribs extend from the deck such that the sidewall encloses the plurality of ribs, wherein the plurality of ribs includes at least two distributed hub walls where each distributed hub wall has a plurality of walls outwardly extending therefrom, wherein the at least two distributed hub walls is four hub walls, wherein the plurality of ribs includes at least two ribs extending between two distributed hub walls of the at least two distributed hub walls while avoiding extending from the two distributed hub walls, wherein the at least two ribs is (a) at least two ribs based on the two distributed hub walls being positioned non-diagonal to each other or (b) at least three ribs based on the two distributed hub walls being positioned diagonal to each other, wherein at least one of (a) the plurality of ribs segments the deck into four quadrants where two of the four quadrants respectively enclose two distributed hub walls of the at least two distributed hub walls; (b) the at least two distributed hub walls avoid sharing a common center with each other; or (c) the deck has a center point and the at least two distributed hub walls are not concentric with the center point, wherein at least one of (1) wherein the sidewall defines at least two corners from which at least two walls respectively extend toward the at least two distributed hub walls and each wall of the at least two walls hosts a post-shaped fillet (i) having an opening, (ii) spaced apart from a respective corner of the at least two corners, (iii) extending from the deck and (iv) positioned between a respective hub wall of the at least two distributed hub walls and a respective corner of the at least two corners or (2) wherein the plurality of ribs includes a first wall extending from the sidewall such that the first wall smoothly decreases in height relative to the deck proceeding away from the sidewall and avoiding any increase in height until its end and a second wall extending from the sidewall such that the second wall smoothly decreases in height relative to the deck proceeding away from the sidewall and avoiding any increase in height until its end, wherein the first wall and the second wall extend towards each other; and

position an air conditioning unit on the deck.

23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the deck, the sidewall, and the plurality of ribs are molded to include polyethylene.

24 . The method of claim 22 , wherein (1) wherein the sidewall defines at least two corners from which at least two walls respectively extend toward the at least two distributed hub walls and each wall of the at least two walls hosts the post-shaped fillet (i) having the opening, (ii) spaced apart from the respective corner of the at least two corners, (iii) extending from the deck and (iv) positioned between the respective hub wall of the at least two distributed hub walls and the respective corner of the at least two corners.

25 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the plurality of ribs includes a plurality of arc-shaped ribs.

26 . The method of claim 22 , wherein (2) wherein the plurality of ribs includes the first wall extending from the sidewall such that the first wall smoothly decreases in height relative to the deck proceeding away from the sidewall and avoiding any increase in height until its end and the second wall extending from the sidewall such that the second wall smoothly decreases in height relative to the deck proceeding away from the sidewall and avoiding any increase in height until its end, wherein the first wall and the second wall extend towards each other.

27 . The method of claim 22 , wherein each of the at least two distributed hub walls is substantially circular.

28 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two distributed hub walls is substantially circular.

29 . The method of claim 8 , wherein each of the at least two distributed hub walls is substantially circular.

30 . The method of claim 15 , wherein each of the at least two distributed hub walls is substantially circular.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2025
From: SADA, JONATHAN; COX, CHARLES WALTER, JR.; PLATT, KEITH
To: DIVERSITECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071349/0923 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 19089681 · Mar 25, 2025
Continuation 18674037 · May 24, 2024
Continuation 18214933 · Jun 27, 2023
Continuation 13874793 · May 1, 2013
Continuation 13874727 · May 1, 2013
Related Publication 20250296731A1 · Sep 25, 2025
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