Pallet spacer
AssigneeAdvancepierre Foods, Inc.
InventorDevin A. Crabbs
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Abstract
A pallet spacer system including a pallet spacer having a pallet spacer body with a plurality of upper portions. Each upper portion has a generally flat upper surface that is aligned with the upper surfaces of the other upper portions. The pallet spacer body further includes a plurality of lower portions, each lower portion having a generally flat lower surface that is aligned with the lower surfaces of the other lower portions. The pallet spacer system includes a plurality of spacers positioned on the upper portions and configured to receive at least an item therebetween.
Claims20
A pallet spacer system comprising a pallet spacer having:
- a pallet spacer body including a plurality of upper portions, each upper portion having a generally flat upper surface that is aligned with the upper surfaces of the other upper portions, the spacer body further including a plurality of lower portions, each lower portion having a generally flat lower surface that is aligned with the lower surfaces of the other lower portions, wherein each upper portion has a lower surface and each lower portion has an upper surface, wherein the lower surfaces of said upper portions are generally aligned with the upper surfaces of the lower portions, wherein said spacer body has a plurality of openings extending entirely through a thickness thereof, and wherein the lower portions lack any spacers positioned thereon;
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- a plurality of spacers positioned on said upper portions and configured to receive at least an item therebetween.
A pallet spacer system comprising a pallet spacer having:
- a pallet spacer body including a plurality of upper portions, each upper portion having a generally flat upper surface that is aligned with the upper surfaces of the other upper portions, the spacer body further including a plurality of lower portions, each lower portion having a generally flat lower surface that is aligned with the lower surfaces of the other lower portions, wherein said spacer body includes a relatively laterally-short upper portion positioned between two relatively laterally-long upper portions;
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- a plurality of spacers positioned on said upper portions and configured to receive at least an item therebetween.
A pallet spacer system comprising a pallet spacer having:
- a pallet spacer body having a generally flat, discontinuous upper surface with a plurality of longitudinally-extending channels formed therein and a generally flat, discontinuous lower surface with a plurality of longitudinally-extending channels formed therein, wherein each channel of said upper surface has a depth equal to at least about half a thickness of said spacer body, and wherein the spacer body includes a plurality of transition portions extending between the upper surface and the lower surface, each transition portion having outer surfaces that are angled relative to said upper surface;
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- a plurality of spacers positioned on said upper surface and configured to receive at least one item therebetween, wherein said lower surface lacks any spacers positioned thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.