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US 11,554,895 B2Granted
Half-size plastic pallet with removable pallet support legs
AssigneeCHEP Technology Pty Limited
InventorsBradley Wayne Daubenspeck, Daniel Aaron Gorsky, Craig Rolland Norman
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Abstract
A pallet includes a top deck and pallet support legs coupled to the top deck. The top deck has a product support surface and an opposing underside, with the underside having snaps openings therein. Each pallet support leg includes a base extending across a width of the top deck, and a pair of outer leg supports extending from ends of the base. Each outer leg support includes at least one outwardly facing snap and at least one inwardly facing snap inserted into respective snap openings in the top deck.
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A pallet comprising:
- a top deck with a product support surface and an opposing underside, with the underside having a plurality of snap openings therein;
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- a plurality of pallet support legs, each pallet support leg comprising:
- a base extending across a width of said top deck,
- a pair of outer base support elements, with each outer base support element having a lower end integrally formed with an end of said base and an exposed upper end,
- a pair of outwardly facing spaced apart elongate snaps extending from the outermost portion of the exposed upper end of each outer base support element so that there is a continuous gap between the pair of outwardly facing apart elongate snaps, each elongate snap of said pair of spaced apart outwardly facing elongate snaps having a proximal end coupled to the outer base support element and a free distal end opposite the proximal end, with the free distal end configured to flexibly engage a respective snap opening in the underside of said top deck, and
- a pair of inwardly facing spaced apart elongate snaps extending from the outermost portion of the exposed upper end of each outer base support element so that there is a continuous gap between the pair of inwardly facing spaced apart elongate snaps, each elongate snap of said pair of spaced apart inwardly facing elongate snaps having a proximal end coupled to the outer base support element and a free distal end opposite the proximal end, with the free distal end configured to flexibly engage a respective snap opening in the underside of said top deck.
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A method for making a pallet comprising:
- forming a top deck with a product support surface and an opposing underside, with the underside having a plurality of snap openings therein;
- forming a plurality of pallet support legs, each pallet support leg comprising:
- a base extending across a width of the top deck,
- a pair of outer base support elements, with each outer base support element having a lower end integrally formed with an end of the base and an exposed upper end,
- a pair of outwardly facing spaced apart elongate snaps extending from the outermost portion of the exposed upper end of each outer base support element so that there is a continuous gap between the pair of outwardly facing apart elongate snaps, each elongate snap of said pair of spaced apart outwardly facing elongate snaps having a proximal end coupled to the outer base support element and a free distal end opposite the proximal end, and
- a pair of inwardly facing spaced apart elongate snaps extending from the outermost portion of the exposed upper end of each outer base support element so that there is a continuous gap between the pair of inwardly facing spaced apart elongate snaps, each elongate snap of said pair of spaced apart inwardly facing elongate snaps having a proximal end coupled to the outer base support element and a free distal end opposite the proximal end;
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- flexibly engaging the proximal ends of the pair of outwardly and inwardly facing spaced apart elongate snaps with respective snap openings in the underside of the top deck so that the pallet support legs are coupled to the top deck.
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