Palletized load with compression frame

Claim 2

A pallet having a rectangular load carrying surface and fork lift openings below said surface, a load in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped on said surface, said load comprising a plurality of tiers of bottles and the like with the bottle tops uppermost, a hollow rectangular compression frame engaging the tops of the bottles in the upper periphery of the load, strapping for holding the load on the pallet, said strapping extending from the pallet up one side of the load over the top of the frame and down the opposite side of the load to the pallet and also extending from the pallet up one end of the load over the top of the frame and down the opposite end of the load to the pallet, said compression frame comprising two side pieces and two end pieces forming a hollow rectangle registering with an underlying load carrying surface of the pallet said pieces being united at the corners and having lower planar surfaces engaging the bottle tops of the top tier of the upper periphery of said load and upper planar surfaces for receiving an upper pallet stacked on top of said frame so the load received by said frame from said upper pallet is transmitted from the frame directly to the bottle tops of the top tier of the upper periphery of said load, said side and end pieces each comprising a lattice of intersecting ribs united to each other at the intersections, said ribs extending edgewise between and being normal to said surfaces with the upper edges of said ribs comprising said upper planar surface and the lower edges of said ribs comprising said lower planar surface.

Claim 3

The pallet of claim 1 in which said end and side pieces have abutting ribs and one piece has a socket, with an opening through its rib and the other piece has a projection interlocking with said socket and said opening, said socket having one end open, and means for closing the other end of the socket.

Claim 4

The pallet of claim 2 in which said projection is slidable through said socket and opening in a direction normal to said surfaces.

Claim 5

The pallet of claim 3 in which said one piece has a releasable latch for said stop plate.

Claim 6

The pallet of claim 3 in which said socket has latch means blocking movement of said projection out of said socket in a direction away from said stop plate.

Claim 7

A pallet having a rectangular load carrying surface and fork lift openings below said surface, a load in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped on said surface, a compression frame engaging the upper periphery of the load, strapping for holding the load on the pallet, said strapping extending from the pallet up one side of the load over the top of the frame and down the opposite side of the load to the pallet and also extending from the pallet up one end of the load over the top of the frame and down the opposite end of the load to the pallet, said compression frame comprising two side pieces and two end pieces forming a hollow rectangle registering with an underlying load carrying surface of the pallet, said pieces being united at the corners and having lower planar surfaces for engaging the upper periphery of said load and upper planar surfaces for receiving a pallet stacked on top of the frame, said side and end pieces each comprising a lattice of intersecting ribs united to each other at the intersections, said ribs extending edgewise between and being normal to said surfaces with the upper edges of said ribs comprising said upper planar surface and the lower edges of said ribs comprising said lower planar surface, said end and side pieces having abutting ribs, one piece having a socket with an opening through iTs rib and the other piece having a projection interelocking with said socket and said opening, said projection being slidable through said socket and in a direction normal to said surfaces, and said one piece having a releasable stop plate blocking said sliding of said projection.

Claim 8

A pallet having a rectangular load carrying surface and fork lift openings below said surface, a load in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped on said surface, a compression frame engaging the upper periphery of the load, strapping for holding the load on the pallet, said strapping extending from the pallet up one side of the load over the top of the frame and down the opposite side of the load to the pallet and also extending from the pallet up one end of the load over the top of the frame and down the opposite end of the load to the pallet, said compression frame comprising two side pieces and two end pieces forming a hollow rectangle registering with an underlying load carrying surface of the pallet, said pieces being united at the corners and having lower planar surfaces for engaging the upper periphery of said load and upper planar surfaces for receiving a pallet stacked on top of the frame, said side and end pieces each comprising a lattice of intersecting ribs united to each other at the intersections, said ribs extending edgewise between and being normal to said surfaces with the upper edges of said ribs comprising said upper planar surface and the lower edges of said ribs comprising said lower planar surface, said end and side pieces having abutting ribs, one piece having a socket with an opening through iTs rib and the other piece having a projection interelocking with said socket and said opening, said projection being slidable through said socket and in a direction normal to said surfaces, and said one piece having a releasable stop plate blocking said sliding of said projection.