Plastic pallet with support blocks having inner and outer blocks and associated methods

US10562668B2 · 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: Sep 5, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2038

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, a bottom deck, and spaced apart support blocks coupled between the top and bottom decks. Each support block includes an outer block having an open top surface exposing an inner block receiving area therein, and an inner block inserted into the inner block receiving area of the outer block.