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US3148637A
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Pallet
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-10-09
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Granted: 1964-09-15
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Expires: 1982-10-09
Abstract
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Inventors
- 👤 Elmer M Lund
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-03 10:31
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D19/00; B65D19/0004; B65D19/0006; B65D19/0008; B65D19/002; B65D19/0024; B65D19/0026; B65D19/0028; B65D19/38; B65D19/40; B65D2519/00; B65D2519/00004; B65D2519/00009; B65D2519/00014; B65D2519/00029; B65D2519/00049; B65D2519/00064; B65D2519/00084; B65D2519/00099; B65D2519/00258; B65D2519/00283; B65D2519/00288; B65D2519/00313; B65D2519/00323; B65D2519/00328; B65D2519/00333; B65D2519/00338; B65D2519/00368; B65D2519/00378; B65D2519/00547; B65D2519/00552; B65D2519/00557; B65D2519/00562; B65D2519/00572; B65D2519/00736; B65D2519/00935; B65D2519/0094
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
A PALLET CONSTRUCTION FOR SUPPORTING ARTICLES TO BE CARRIED BY A POWER MECHANISM HAVING LIFTING FORKS, COMPRISING A TOP FRAME ON WHICH ARTICLES TO BE CARRIED ARE SUPPORTED, SAID FRAME COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE, RIGID, PLATE MEMBER HAVING FULL LENGTH AND WIDTH DIMENSIONS OF THE PALLET AND HAVING FLAT, UNINTERRUPTED UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES, A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SPACER BLOCKS DEPENDING FROM THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID PLATE MEMBER, SAID BLOCKS EACH BEING CONSTRUCTED IN A THICKNESS DIMENSION OF TWO OR MORE VENEER LAYERS OF WOOD GLUED TOGETHER IN AN INTEGRATED FACE-TO-FACE RELATION AND WITH THE WOOD GRAIN OF ADJACENT LAYERS BEING DISPOSED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO EACH OTHER TO PROVIDE AN INTEGRATED SPACER BLOCK, AND MEANS FASTENING SAID SPACER BLOCKS IN SAID DEPENDING RELATION IN ABUTTING ENGAGEMENT AGAINST THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID TOP PLATE MEMBER, SAID FASTENING MEANS SECURING SAID SPACER BLOCKS TO SAID PLATE MEMBER IN AN INTEGRAL, NONROTATING RELATION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
153 words
A PALLET CONSTRUCTION FOR SUPPORTING ARTICLES TO BE CARRIED BY A POWER MECHANISM HAVING LIFTING FORKS, COMPRISING A TOP FRAME ON WHICH ARTICLES TO BE CARRIED ARE SUPPORTED, SAID FRAME COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE, RIGID, PLATE MEMBER HAVING FULL LENGTH AND WIDTH DIMENSIONS OF THE PALLET AND HAVING FLAT, UNINTERRUPTED UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES, A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SPACER BLOCKS DEPENDING FROM THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID PLATE MEMBER, SAID BLOCKS EACH BEING CONSTRUCTED IN A THICKNESS DIMENSION OF TWO OR MORE VENEER LAYERS OF WOOD GLUED TOGETHER IN AN INTEGRATED FACE-TO-FACE RELATION AND WITH THE WOOD GRAIN OF ADJACENT LAYERS BEING DISPOSED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO EACH OTHER TO PROVIDE AN INTEGRATED SPACER BLOCK, AND MEANS FASTENING SAID SPACER BLOCKS IN SAID DEPENDING RELATION IN ABUTTING ENGAGEMENT AGAINST THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID TOP PLATE MEMBER, SAID FASTENING MEANS SECURING SAID SPACER BLOCKS TO SAID PLATE MEMBER IN AN INTEGRAL, NONROTATING RELATION.
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