Half pallet
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsWilliam P. Apps, Mariel Rezende, Brian Robert Guerry
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Abstract
A half pallet includes a deck having opposite front and rear edges and opposite end edges. The end edges are shorter than the front and rear edges. End supports below the deck are adjacent end edges of the deck. The deck extends forward and rearward of the end supports. Each of the end supports includes a front edge recessed from the front edge of the deck and a rear edge recessed from the rear edge of the deck. Each end support prevents entry of a fork tine between the front edge of the end support and the rear edge of the end support.
Claims19
A half pallet comprising:
- a deck having opposite front and rear edges and opposite end edges, wherein the end edges are shorter than the front and rear edges;
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- end supports below the deck adjacent end edges of the deck, each end support having an outer wall extending continuously from a front edge to a rear edge of each end support, wherein the deck has cantilevered portions forward and rearward of the end supports and wherein the cantilevered portions extend approximately four inches forward and rearward of the end supports.
A half pallet comprising:
- a deck having opposite front and rear edges and opposite end edges, wherein the end edges of the deck are approximately 18-26 inches and the front and rear edges of the deck are approximately 36-50 inches;
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- end supports below the deck adjacent end edges of the deck, wherein each of the end supports includes a front edge recessed from the front edge of the deck and a rear edge recessed from the rear edge of the deck, wherein each end support prevents entry of a fork tine between the front edge of the end support and the rear edge of the end support.
In combination:
- a pair of tines spaced apart from one another by a tine distance;
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- a half pallet comprising:
- a deck having opposite front and rear edges and opposite end edges, wherein the end edges are shorter than the front and rear edges, wherein the deck is approximately 24 inches by approximately 40 inches;
- end supports below the deck adjacent end edges of the deck, wherein the deck has cantilevered portions forward and rearward of the end supports and wherein the cantilevered portions extend approximately four inches forward and rearward of the end supports, wherein a distance from the front edge of each end support to the rear edge of each end support is approximately 16 inches, wherein the tine distance is smaller than the distance from the front edge of the end support to the rear edge of the end support;
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- a center support below the deck and between the end supports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.