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US 10,501,230 B2Granted
Wooden pallet with butted deck boards and related methods
AssigneeCHEP Technology Pty Limited
InventorsDaniel J Lantz, Eric Kumor
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Abstract
A pallet includes a base layer and a cargo layer. The cargo layer includes a pair of spaced apart end deck boards, and intermediate deck boards between the pair of spaced apart end deck boards. Each end deck board and an immediately adjacent intermediate deck board are butted against one another. Spaced apart support blocks are coupled between the base and cargo layers and forming a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member.
Claims16
A wooden pallet comprising:
- a base layer comprising a pair of bottom end deck boards and a bottom center deck board between said pair of bottom end deck boards, with a width of said bottom center deck board being greater than a width of said bottom end deck boards;
- a cargo layer comprising
- a pair of spaced apart connector boards,
- a pair of spaced apart end deck boards on said pair of connector boards, with the end deck boards being orthogonal to said pair of connector boards, and
- a pair of spaced apart intermediate deck boards on said pair of connector boards, with each intermediate deck board being orthogonal to said pair of connector boards and butted against a respective end deck board;
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- a plurality of spaced apart support blocks coupled between said base and cargo layers and forming a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member, said plurality of support blocks comprising corner support blocks and center support blocks between the corner support blocks, with said corner support blocks and said center support blocks each having a same sized rectangular shape, and with said center support blocks coupled to said bottom center deck board being orthogonal to said corner support blocks so that said center support blocks extend across the width of said bottom center deck board.
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A method for making a wooden pallet comprising:
- providing a base layer comprising a pair of bottom end deck boards and a bottom center deck board between the pair of bottom end deck boards, with a width of the bottom center deck board being greater than a width of the bottom end deck boards;
- providing a cargo layer comprising
- a pair of spaced apart connector boards,
- a pair of spaced apart end deck boards on the pair of connector boards, with the end deck boards being orthogonal to the pair of connector boards, and
- a pair of spaced apart intermediate deck boards on the pair of connector boards, with each intermediate deck board being orthogonal to the pair of connector boards and butted against a respective end deck board;
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- coupling a plurality of spaced apart support blocks between the base and cargo layers and forming a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member, the plurality of support blocks comprising corner support blocks and center support blocks between the corner support blocks, with the corner support blocks and the center support blocks each having a same sized rectangular shape, and with the center support blocks coupled to the bottom center deck board being orthogonal to the corner support blocks so that the center support blocks extend across the width of the bottom center deck board.
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