Reinforced product transport pallet

Claim 2

A pallet for load bearing having a load bearing face attached to spacer means, said load bearing face having a top surface, a bottom surface, two sides substantially parallel to each other and two sides substantially parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to said first two sides, the improvement comprising: a. a portion of said spacer means extending outwardly beyond each of said first two sides of said load bearing face; b. at least a portion of each of said second two sides of said load bearing face extending outwardly beyond said spacer means; and c. a metal framework extending around the periphery of the load bearing face, a portion of said framework positioned for engagement with the portion of said spacer means extending beyond each of said first two sides of said load bearing face for preventing downward movement of said framework separate from said pallet and a portion of said framework positioned for engagement with a portion of the bottom surface of said load bearing face for preventing upward movement of said framework separate from said pallet for rendering said pallet and said framework substantially inseparable.

Claim 3

A pallet as defined in claim 1 in which said spacer means is a plurality of elongated stringer members.

Claim 4

A pallet as defined in claim 2 together with stringer end protection members rigidly attached to said framework and extending downwardly to substantially cover the ends of said elongated stringer members.

Claim 5

A pallet as defined in claim 3 in which said stringer end protection members are metal members having a U-shaped cross section to also cover two opposite portions of two sides of each of said stringers adjacent said stringer ends.

Claim 6

A pallet for load bearing having a load bearing face attached to a plurality of elongated stringer members, said load bearing face having two sides substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said stringer members, two ends substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of said stringer members, a top surface and a bottom surface, the improvement comprising: a. end portions of at least one of said stringer members extending outwardly beyond opposite ends of said load bearing face; b. each side of said load bearing face extending outwardly beyond the stringer member closest to said side; and c. a metal framework extending around the periphery of the load bearing face of which a portion of said framework is positioned for engagement with at least a portion of the top surface of each of said end portions for preventing downward movement of said framework relative to said pallet and a portion of said framework positioned for engagement with each side and each End of said load bearing face and at least a portion of the bottom surface of said load bearing face adjacent each side of said load bearing face for rendering said pallet and said framework substantially inseparable.

Claim 7

A pallet for load bearing having a load bearing face attached to a plurality of elongated stringer members, said load bearing face having two sides substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said stringer members, two ends substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of said stringer members, a top surface and a bottom surface, the improvement comprising: a. end portions of at least one of said stringer members extending outwardly beyond opposite ends of said load bearing face; b. each side of said load bearing face extending outwardly beyond the stringer member closest to said side; and c. a metal framework extending around the periphery of the load bearing face of which a portion of said framework is positioned for engagement with at least a portion of the top surface of each of said end portions for preventing downward movement of said framework relative to said pallet and a portion of said framework positioned for engagement with each side and each End of said load bearing face and at least a portion of the bottom surface of said load bearing face adjacent each side of said load bearing face for rendering said pallet and said framework substantially inseparable.

Claim 8

A pallet as defined in claim 5 in which said framework is comprised of four metal members of which two are tubular members positioned for engagement with opposite ends of said load bearing face, and two are 90* angle irons positioned for engagement with opposite sides of said load bearing face and at least a portion of said bottom surface of said load bearing face adjacent a side of said load bearing face.

Claim 9

A pallet as defined in claim 6 together with a plurality of U-shaped stringer end protective members each rigidly attached to and extending downwardly from one of said tubular members to substantially cover the end surface of one of said stringer members on two opposite sides of a stringer member adjacent said end surface to aid in preventing the stringer members from skewing and to protect the ends of the stringer members from being split by impact.

Claim 10

A pallet for load bearing having a load bearing face attached to elongated stringer members, said load bearing face having two ends, two sides, a top surface and a bottom surface, the improvement comprising: a. a portion of each of said stringer members extending outwardly beyond each end of said load bearing face; b. each of said sides of said load bearing face extending outwardly beyond a stringer member; c. a metal framework extending around the periphery of the load bearing face and having two tubular members and two angle iron members, said tubular members forming opposite sides of said framework and each rigidly attached at each end to one of said angle iron members; d. each of said two tubular members resting upon a top surface of that portion of each stringer member extending outwardly beyond an end of said load bearing face for preventing downward movement of said framework relative to said load bearing face and lying adjacent an end of said load bearing face for protecting said end of said load bearing face from breakage due to impact; and e. each of said angle iron members having an upstanding vertical portion positioned adjacent a side of said load bearing face for protecting said side from damage due to impact and each of said angle iron members having a horizontal portion laterally extending inwardly to lie adjacent a portion of the bottom surface of said load bearing face for aiding in distributing any loading placed near the edge of said load bearing face and for preventing said framework from moving upwardly relative to said load bearing face.

Claim 11

A pallet for load bearing having a load bearing face attached to elongated stringer members, said load bearing face having two ends, two sides, a top surface and a bottom surface, the improvement comprising: a. a portion of each of said stringer members extending outwardly beyond each end of said load bearing face; b. each of said sides of said load bearing face extending outwardly beyond a stringer member; c. a metal framework extending around the periphery of the load bearing face and having two tubular members and two angle iron members, said tubular members forming opposite sides of said framework and each rigidly attached at each end to one of said angle iron members; d. each of said two tubular members resting upon a top surface of that portion of each stringer member extending outwardly beyond an end of said load bearing face for preventing downward movement of said framework relative to said load bearing face and lying adjacent an end of said load bearing face for protecting said end of said load bearing face from breakage due to impact; and e. each of said angle iron members having an upstanding vertical portion positioned adjacent a side of said load bearing face for protecting said side from damage due to impact and each of said angle iron members having a horizontal portion laterally extending inwardly to lie adjacent a portion of the bottom surface of said load bearing face for aiding in distributing any loading placed near the edge of said load bearing face and for preventing said framework from moving upwardly relative to said load bearing face.

Claim 12

A pallet as defined in claim 8 together with a plurality of stringer end protective members each substantially covering an end of a stringer member and each attached to and extending downwardly from one of said tubular members of the framework for protecting said ends of said stringer members from splitting due to impact.

Claim 13

A pallet as defined in claim 9 in which each of said stringer end protective members is U-shaped in cross section having a pair of legs connected by a bight, each of said legs being positioned adjacent a portion of opposite sides of a stringer member for preventing skewing of said stringer member and said bight substantially covering an end of a stringer member for protecting said end from damage when subjected to impact.