Patent · US Expired

Plastic pallet

US4051787A · kind A · utility

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11References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1975
Grant dateOct 4, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 29, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S108/901
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pallet for a fork lift structurally comprises two component parts of thermoplastic resin wherein each of said component parts comprises a deck board and girders integrally formed thereon with at least one girder being disposed along each of the side edges of said deck board and along a line intermediate and parallel to the side edges, at least one of said component parts being provided with numerous ribs integrally formed on said deck board, which are lower in projection than said girders and which in areas not covered by said girders are disposed in decreased distance from one another in the neighborhood of the side edges of the deck board, said component parts being mutually melt adhered together at the respective bottom surfaces of said girders provided thereon, and wherein the deck board is provided with an anti-slip member having an upper and a lower portion and fitted into a hole penetrating a rib interally formed on the deckboard so that the lower portion of the anti-slip member protrudes from the rib.

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