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Pallet construction
Assignee: PLASTIC REPAIRABLE PALLETS PTY Ltd
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Filing: 1988-06-22
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Granted: 1991-04-16
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Expires: 2008-06-22
Abstract
Abstract Load bearing pallet construction which avoids problems associated with conventional wood constructions. The pallet construction consists of a plurality of pallet forming members, arranged in two layers and defining lift fork receiving openings between the two layers. Each of the pallet forming members has a length equal to a width dimension of the pallet construction with the direction of pallet forming members in one of the layers being crossed relative to the direction of the pallet forming members in the other of the layers. Fasteners connect together pallet forming members in the two layers.
Inventors
- 👤 Guido M. Calkoen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 00:19
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D19/00; B65D19/0004; B65D19/0053; B65D19/0055; B65D19/0057; B65D19/0059; B65D2519/00; B65D2519/00004; B65D2519/00009; B65D2519/00014; B65D2519/00034; B65D2519/00049; B65D2519/00069; B65D2519/00258; B65D2519/00263; B65D2519/00273; B65D2519/00278; B65D2519/00283; B65D2519/00293; B65D2519/00308; B65D2519/00313; B65D2519/00323; B65D2519/00328; B65D2519/00343; B65D2519/00363; B65D2519/00398; B65D2519/00402; B65D2519/00407; B65D2519/00412; B65D2519/00547; B65D2519/00552; B65D2519/00557; B65D2519/00567; B65D2519/00572; B65D2519/00736; B65D2519/0098; B65D2519/00985; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S108/00; Y10S108/901; Y10S108/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
A pallet comprising: a plurality of generally identical pallet forming members arranged in two connected layers and forming a pallet bottom and a pallet top, each said pallet forming member having a width and a length substantially twice the width, and each said layer being constructed of said pallet forming members arranged side by side with the pallet forming members in one said layer being arranged at ninety degrees relative to the pallet forming members in the other said layer such that the four pallet sides are of substantially equal lengths.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
A pallet comprising: a plurality of generally identical pallet forming members arranged in two connected layers and forming a pallet bottom and a pallet top, each said pallet forming member having a width and a length substantially twice the width, and each said layer being constructed of said pallet forming members arranged side by side with the pallet forming members in one said layer being arranged at ninety degrees relative to the pallet forming members in the other said layer such that the four pallet sides are of substantially equal lengths.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The pallet according to claim 1 further comprising fastening means for fastening each said pallet forming member in one said layer to all of said pallet forming members in the other said layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The pallet according to claim 1 wherein each said pallet forming member is integrally molded from synthetic resin material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
123 words
The pallet according to claim 1 wherein each said pallet forming member comprises a substantially rectangular platform section with a first surface adapted to form a pallet outer surface, a second surface opposed to said first surface and adapted to form a pallet inner surface and a plurality of separate boss members extending from said second surface, said boss members being located generally at each corner of said platform section and generally at opposed longitudinal edges of said platform section midway along said longitudinal edges such that a free end of each said boss member of one said pallet forming member in one of said layers engages a free end of at least one said boss member in the other of said layers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
64 words
The pallet according to claim 4 wherein a first one of said longitudinal edges of each said pallet forming member includes engagement formations engageable with similar engagement formations on an adjacent said pallet forming member when assembled into the two layers, said engagement formations preventing separation of said pallet forming members by movement of said members away from one another in the same plane.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
61 words
The pallet according to claim 5 wherein the second surface of the platform section of each said pallet forming member adjacent a second one of said longitudinal edges opposed to said first longitudinal edge diverges outwardly towards said second longitudinal edge such that said second longitudinal edge is substantially located in the plane of said first surface of the platform section.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
The pallet according to claim 5 wherein said engagement formations on each said pallet forming member are formed by adjacent sections of equal length, and said engagement formations in said adjacent sections are oppositely directed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
The pallet according to claim 7 wherein two said sections of engagement formations are positioned on each said pallet forming member such that the engagement formations on either side of a transverse center line of the pallet forming member are oppositely directed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
76 words
The pallet according to claim 4 wherein at least one of said boss members on each said pallet forming member includes a projection configuration and a recess configuration such that in the pallet each projection configuration of said pallet forming member in one of said layers engages within a recess configuration of an adjacent said boss member and a pallet forming member in the other of said layers to locate said pallet forming members in position.
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