Pallet constructed of sheet material
US5469795A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 17, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D2519/00562
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A pallet is formed of sheet material such as corrugated paperboard and has as its primary components a platform or upper deck upon which materials may be placed and a plurality of runners depending from the platform for elevating the platform and providing load-bearing strength. Only two types of blanks of sheet material are required to assemble a completed pallet. A first blank forms an upper deck or platform layer as well as a first set of runners formed of adjacent panels secured together in face-to-face relation. A second blank forms a second set of runners formed of adjacent panels secured together in face-to-face relation and, in one preferred embodiment, additional underlayers of the platform.
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