Transport pallet and mesh
AssigneeGaprie Limited
InventorsJennifer Steward, Gary Wilson Priestley
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Abstract
It is known to bind items to transport pallets by wrapping them in plastic film. However, this practice is time consuming, expensive and wasteful. It is an object of a preferred form of the invention to go at least some way towards addressing this. In the preferred embodiment there is a pallet containment mesh 2 wrapped around items stacked on a pallet 1, the mesh 2 comprising an upper entrance 4, a tightening mechanism 9 and elasticated ribs 8 extending from the entrance 4 to the pallet 1. The entrance can be tightened by the tightening mechanism to a substantially closed disposition so that items cannot be removed from the pallet and the elasticated ribs provide the stack with a stabilising tension.
Claims7
A transport pallet supporting a load, wherein a retaining mesh extends around the load and is fixed to the pallet, the mesh having a lower opening with an elasticated perimeter cord extending the whole way around the opening at the pallet, an upper entrance with an elasticated perimeter cord extending substantially horizontally the whole way around the upper entrance over the load, tightening means and elasticated ribbing, wherein:
- the upper entrance is larger than any spacing within the mesh;
- the mesh and ribbing extend onto a top surface of the load;
- the upper entrance is maintained in a substantially closed disposition over the top of the load by the tightening means such that the load cannot be removed from the pallet;
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- the ribbing extends upright between the upper entrance and the pallet to provide a vertical tension on the mesh to retain or substantially assist in retaining the load on the pallet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.