Roto molded pallet
AssigneePaxxal Inc.
InventorsOmar Shawaf, Ezzeldin Elmassry, Moustapha Bahsoun, Michael Laible, Ben Stoller, John Charny
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Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure describe a pallet assembly having a support assembly and a stringer. The support assembly includes a deck and a plurality of blocks that extend from the deck. The deck and the blocks are unitarily formed to create a contiguous outer shell that defines a common internal space that is filled with a support material. The blocks include extension portions that correspond to openings defined in the stringer. The extensions are received in a corresponding opening to attach the stringer to the support assembly.
Claims19
A pallet assembly comprising:
- a support assembly comprising a contiguous outer shell molded from a plastic shell material, wherein said outer shell is filled with a support material that comprises a mixture of both plastic and non-plastic materials and wherein said support assembly includes:
- a deck that has a upper surface and a lower surface;
- a plurality of blocks that extend away from the lower surface of said deck, each block including a body portion and an extension portion, wherein said plurality of blocks are unitarily formed with said deck such that said contiguous outer shell defines a common internal space that extends between said deck and said plurality of blocks, wherein the common internal space is filled with said support material;
- a stringer having a thickness, wherein said stringer defines a plurality of openings that each extend through the thickness of said stringer;
- and,
- wherein each extension portion of the plurality of blocks extends completely through an individual opening in said stringer and wherein said stringer is attached to said support assembly.
A pallet assembly comprising:
- a support assembly comprising:
- a deck that has an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a plurality of blocks that extend away from the lower surface of said deck, each block including a body portion and an extension portion comprising an extension, and wherein said extension further comprises a projection that extends away from said extension;
- a stringer positioned parallel to the deck of said support assembly, wherein said stringer defines a plurality of openings that each receive a corresponding one of said blocks of said support assembly;
- and,
- wherein one of the plurality of openings in said stringer that said extension extends through defines a recess adapted to receive said projection, wherein, when said projection is received in the recess, said projection and the recess resist removal of said extension portion from the one of the plurality of openings and wherein said extension and said projection are adapted to deflect to pass through the one of the plurality of openings when first inserting said extension through the one of the plurality of openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.