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US 10,538,360 B2Granted
Nestable pallet with runners
AssigneeORBIS Corporation
InventorBenjamin Joel Thompson
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Abstract
A nestable pallet having three rows of feet extending downward from a support surface is provided. In one aspect, the outer rows of feet are attached by runners at a bottom portion of each foot and the middle row of feet does not include runners. The support surface includes openings to accommodate the outer rows of feet with runners, and the middle row of feet of a like pallet. The absence of runners in the middle row and a corresponding larger opening, allows for greater support area in that portion of the pallet. The pallet can also include reinforcements extending perpendicular to the runners.
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A nestable pallet comprising:
- a generally rectangular horizontal support surface;
- a first row of feet extending downward from proximate a first side of the horizontal support surface, the first row of feet connected by a first set of flat runners at a lower portion of each of the first row of feet, wherein the first set of runners, the horizontal support surface and the first row of feet define a first set of vertical openings between the feet of the first row of feet immediately above the first set of runners, the horizontal support surface having a first side wall along the first side wherein the first side wall includes a plurality of ribs extending outward from the first side wall between the feet in the first row of feet;
- an opening in the horizontal support surface proximate the first side of the horizontal support surface for allowing nesting of a first row of feet and runners of a like pallet;
- a second row of feet extending downward from proximate a second side of the horizontal support surface, the second row of feet connected by a second set of flat runners at a lower portion of each of the second row of feet, wherein the second set of runners, the horizontal support surface and the second row of feet defining a second set of vertical openings between the feet of the second row of feet immediately above the second set of runners;
- an opening in the horizontal support surface proximate the second side of the horizontal support surface for allowing nesting of a second row of feet and runners of the like pallet;
- a third row of feet extending downward from proximate a middle portion of the horizontal support surface and a plurality of horizontal openings proximate the middle portion of the support surface, each of the plurality of openings corresponding with one of the feet in the third row of feet, wherein the horizontal support surface includes a first support area directly between a first opening of the plurality of openings for a first foot of the third row of feet and a second opening of the plurality of openings for a second foot of the third row of feet.
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A nestable pallet comprising:
- a rectangular horizontal support surface;
- a first foot and a second foot extending downward from the support surface in a first row, a first runner connecting a bottom portion of each of the first foot and the second foot, a first horizontal opening in the horizontal support surface over the first foot, second foot and first runner, and a first vertical opening defined by the horizontal support surface, the first foot, the second foot and the first runner, the horizontal support surface having a first side wall along a first side of the support surface, the first side wall having a plurality of ribs extending outward between the first foot and the second foot;
- a third foot and a fourth foot extending downward from the horizontal support surface in a second row, a second runner connecting a bottom portion of each of the third foot and the fourth foot, a second horizontal opening over the third foot, fourth foot and second runner, and a second vertical opening defined by the third foot, fourth foot and the second runner;
- a fifth foot and a sixth foot extending downward from the support surface in a third row, a third horizontal opening over the fifth foot and a fourth horizontal opening over the sixth foot, wherein the support surface includes a portion directly between the fifth foot and the sixth foot.
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A nestable pallet comprising:
- a generally rectangular horizontal support surface;
- a first row of feet extending downward from proximate a first side of the horizontal support surface, the first row of feet connected by a first set of flat runners at a lower portion of each of the first row of feet, wherein the first set of runners, the support surface and the first row of feet define a first set of vertical openings between the feet of the first row of feet, the horizontal support surface having a first side wall along the first side wherein the first side wall includes a plurality of ribs extending outward from the first side wall between the feet in the first row of feet;
- an opening in the horizontal support surface proximate the first side of the horizontal support surface for allowing nesting of a first row of feet and runners of a like pallet;
- a second row of feet extending downward from proximate a middle portion of the horizontal support surface, the second row of feet connected by a second set of flat runners at a lower portion of each of the second row of feet, the second set of runners and second row of feet defining a second set of vertical openings between the feet of the second row of feet;
- an opening in the horizontal support surface proximate the middle portion of the horizontal support surface for allowing nesting of a second row of feet and runners of the like pallet;
- a third row of feet extending downward from proximate a second side of the horizontal support surface, the third row of feet connected by a third set of flat runners at a lower portion of each of the third row of feet, the third set of runners and third row of feet defining a third set of vertical openings between the feet of the third row of feet;
- an opening in the horizontal support surface proximate the second side of the horizontal support surface for allowing nesting of a third row of feet and runners of the like pallet;
- and,
- a reinforcement bar extending from the first side of the horizontal support s surface to the second side of the horizontal support s surface wherein the reinforcement bar is perpendicular to the first, second and third sets of runners.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.