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Corrugated fiberboard pallet
Assignee: Ecological Pallets Ltd
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Filing: 1992-05-19
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Granted: 1994-07-12
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Expires: 2012-05-19
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a corrugated fiberboard pallet that includes a multiple-ply corrugated fiberboard top member, a plurality of longitudinally extending multiple-ply corrugated fiberboard runners, a plurality of homogeneous multiple-ply corrugated fiberboard supports and a plurality of longitudinally extending multiple-ply corrugated fiberboard rails. The top member has corrugations extending in a first direction. The upper planar surface of each of the runners is affixed to the lower planar surface of the top member and corrugations of each of which extend in the first direction. The upper planar surface each of the supports is affixed to the lower planar surface of respective ones of the runners. The corrugations of each of the supports extend in one of the first direction and the direction transverse to the first direction. The rails each have an upper planar surface and a lower planar surface with the upper planar surface of each of which being affixed to a respective grouping of the supports and the corrugations of each of which extending in the direction transverse to the first direction.
Inventors
- 👤 Morris A. Herring
- 👤 Morris A. Herring, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 18:07
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D19/00; B65D19/0004; B65D19/0006; B65D19/0008; B65D19/002; B65D19/0024; B65D19/0026; B65D2519/00; B65D2519/00004; B65D2519/00009; B65D2519/00014; B65D2519/00019; B65D2519/00049; B65D2519/00054; B65D2519/00084; B65D2519/00089; B65D2519/00258; B65D2519/00263; B65D2519/00273; B65D2519/00283; B65D2519/00293; B65D2519/00313; B65D2519/00323; B65D2519/00328; B65D2519/00333; B65D2519/00368; B65D2519/00373; B65D2519/00388; B65D2519/00547; B65D2519/00552; B65D2519/00557; B65D2519/00562
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
A corrugated fiberboard pallet, comprising: a multiple-ply, corrugated fiberboard top member having a uniform upper planar surface and a lower planar surface, corrugations of said multiple-ply top member extending in a first direction; a plurality of longitudinally extending multiple-ply corrugated fiberboard runners each having an upper planar surface and a lower planar surface, the upper planar surface of each of which being affixed to the lower planar surface of said top member and corrugations of each of which extending in the first direction; a plurality of homogeneous, multiple-ply corrugated fiberboard supports each having an upper planar surface and a lower planar surface, the upper planar surface of each of which being affixed to the lower planar surface of respective ones of said runners and corrugations of each of which extending in one of the first direction and a direction transverse to the first direction; and a plurality of longitudinally extending multiple-ply corrugated fiberboard rails each having an upper planar surface and a lower planar surface, the upper planar surface of each of which being affixed to a respective grouping of said supports and corrugations of each of which extending in the direction transverse to the first direction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
197 words
A corrugated fiberboard pallet, comprising: a multiple-ply, corrugated fiberboard top member having a uniform upper planar surface and a lower planar surface, corrugations of said multiple-ply top member extending in a first direction; a plurality of longitudinally extending multiple-ply corrugated fiberboard runners each having an upper planar surface and a lower planar surface, the upper planar surface of each of which being affixed to the lower planar surface of said top member and corrugations of each of which extending in the first direction; a plurality of homogeneous, multiple-ply corrugated fiberboard supports each having an upper planar surface and a lower planar surface, the upper planar surface of each of which being affixed to the lower planar surface of respective ones of said runners and corrugations of each of which extending in one of the first direction and a direction transverse to the first direction; and a plurality of longitudinally extending multiple-ply corrugated fiberboard rails each having an upper planar surface and a lower planar surface, the upper planar surface of each of which being affixed to a respective grouping of said supports and corrugations of each of which extending in the direction transverse to the first direction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein each of said top member, said runners, said supports and said rails is made of a material selected from a group consisting of multiple-ply corrugated paperboard, cardboard and fiberboard.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein each of said runners extends from end to end of said top supporting member.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of supports are arranged in a grid array, with spacing between each of said supports and an arrangement of said plurality of runners and rails allowing four-way entry of a transporting device.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein respective elements of said pallet are affixed by gluing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of runners and each of said plurality of rails are identical elements.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of supports has a common dimension with a respective one of said plurality of runners and a respective one of said plurality of rails.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein a number of said plurality of supports equals a product of a number of said plurality of runners and a number of said plurality of rails.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein a height of each of said plurality of supports is substantially equal to a height of said top member.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein a height of each of said plurality of runners and said plurality of rails is substantially equal to twice a height of said top member.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein externally facing members of said pallet are coated with a water resistant material.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein corrugations of each of said runners extend orthogonal to the corrugations of said top member.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein the corrugations of each of said rails extend transverse to the corrugations of each of said runners.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein the corrugations of each of said supports extend orthogonal to the corrugations of said top member.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein the corrugations of each of said rails extend in the direction transverse to the first direction and are orthogonal to the corrugations of said top member.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
19 words
The pallet according to claim 1, wherein each of said rails extends from end to end of said pallet.
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