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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2013
Strategic Outsourced Services Llc, Ripon, CA (US);
Richard Louis Bontrager, Ripon, CA (US);
Randall Glenn Strange, Manteca, CA (US);
Strategic Outsourced Services LLC, Ripon, CA (US);
Abstract
In specific embodiments, an energy dissipation structure for supporting an article comprises a cavity adapted to receive at least a portion of the article. The cavity is bounded by a plurality of sidewall structures, each of the sidewall structures having a length and including an inner wall, an outer wall, and an arcuate structure connecting the inner wall with the outer wall. Each of the sidewall structures is connected with another of the sidewall structures by a groove extending along at least a portion of the inner walls, the outer walls, and the arcuate structures of the connected sidewall structures. The cavity includes a platform adapted to supported the article above the base when the article is seated within the cavity and a support pillar extending from the platform toward the base.