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US 10,865,012 B2Granted
Peaked roofing pallets
OwnerDaniel W. Smith, Jeffrey Neagliinventors
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Abstract
A pallet that is configured and designed to support a load of material and rest alternatively on a flat surface on a roof so as to straddle the peak or ridge of a roof. The pallets can be loaded with materials such as roofing shingles, delivered to a work site on a truck bed and lifted up and positioned on the peak or ridge of a roof without having to unload the materials from the pallets.
Claims15
A pallet that is configured to rest on a peak of a roof and on a flat surface, the pallet comprising:
- a top surface for receiving and supporting materials to be delivered to a rooftop;
- opposite sides and ends surrounding and extending downward from the top surface;
- a plurality of four legs formed integrally with the opposite sides and ends of the pallet with outer surfaces of the plurality of legs being flush with respective outer surfaces of the opposite sides and ends, the plurality of legs having bottom portions that are angled so as to rest on opposite sides of the peak of the roof, and flat bottom portions for resting the pallet on the flat surface;
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- at least one inverted V-shaped recess formed in a bottom of the pallet which at least one inverted V-shaped recess is configured to rest on the peak of the roof, each of said at least one inverted V-shaped recess is separated from each respective one of the angled bottom portions of the plurality of legs by a horizontal portion and a vertical portion at the opposite ends,
- wherein the pallet comprises a plurality of interconnected rib or web structures, and frame structures between adjacent ones of the rib or web structure which frame structures define the at least one V-shaped recess.
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