Separble block shipping platform

US8651028B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CHEP Technology Pty Limited · AU

Inventors

• John Thomas Storteboom · Roswell, US
• Oivind Brockmeier · Somerville, US
• Brandon Michael D'Emidio · Orlando, US
• Timothy R. Proulx · Nashua, US
• Gregory S. Burkett · Cambridge, US
• Jeffrey Ryan Chapin · Cambridge, US
• Kenneth Brandt · Bedugul, ID

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 15, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49904
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A shipping platform system may include a top deck, and a top block joined to the top deck. The system may also include a bottom deck, and a bottom block joined to the bottom deck. The system may further include a joint that yields under a predetermined load that joins the top block to the bottom block.