Plastic pallet with support blocks having upper and lower towers and associated methods

US10053261B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CHEP Technology Pty Limited · AU

Inventors

• John Thomas Storteboom · Roswell, US
• Jeffrey Ryan Chapin · Cambridge, US
• Gregory Wolos · Cambridge, US
• Kenneth Brandt · Bedugul, ID
• Daniel J. Lantz · Orlando, US
• Oivind Brockmeier · Somerville, US
• Brandon Michael D'Emidio · Orlando, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02W30/80
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pallet includes a top deck and a bottom deck, and spaced apart support blocks coupled between the top and bottom decks and forming a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member. Each support block includes a mid-section having spaced apart upper and lower surfaces, an upper tower extending from the upper surface of the mid-section, and a lower tower extending from the lower surface. The upper towers are inserted into corresponding upper tower openings in the top deck, and the lower towers are inserted into corresponding lower tower openings in the bottom deck.