Shipping unit load with increased stability and/or shipping efficiency

US12071289B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Steven Lee Barnholtz · Sharonville, US
• Peter Michael Searles · Mason, US
• Andrew Dontae BIDDLE · Cincinnati, US
• Carlos Omar NILO POYANCO · St. Bernard, US
• Wesley Bernard Brokopp, Jr. · Middletown, US
• Deborah Sue Slovut · Madeira, US
• David Mark Rasch · Cincinnati, US
• Leo E. Taske · Cincinnati, US
• Kimberly M. Gerlach · Cincinnati, US
• Michael Bernard BECKUM · Cincinnati, US
• Nneka D. ROBINSON · Cincinnati, US
• Gustav Andre Mellin · Amberley Village, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2023
• Grant date: Aug 27, 2024
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2571/00067
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Cargo assemblages including a pallet, a load of packages arranged in one or more layers, and a support layer, in which the support layer is sized and positioned within the cargo assemblage to support and/or stabilize the cargo, thereby providing improved pallet efficiency, improved shipping efficiency, and/or improved stability.