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Corrugated board pallet

US5383409A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 28, 1993
Grant dateJan 24, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 28, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2519/00562
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A corrugated board pallet with considerable strength and simple structure. The corrugated board pallet includes: a structural reinforcing member constructed from corrugated board sheet; structural reinforcing bends formed by bending the structural reinforcing member, axes of the structural reinforcing bends in parallel with the direction that forks of a forklift vehicle are inserted in the pallet; a load carrying member constructed from corrugated cardboard sheet, the load carrying member fixed to an upper surface of the structural reinforcing member, wherein the direction that waves of the corrugated board forming the structural reinforcing member, and the load carrying member are in parallel with the direction that the forks of the forklift vehicle insert into the pallet.

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