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US 12,365,512 B2Granted
Pallet with impact resistant and strengthened composite legs
AssigneeArtistic Composite Pallets LLC
InventorsGarrett Clark, William A. Bastian, II
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Abstract
A pallet includes a deck and one or more leg-plank bridges that extend from the deck. The leg-plank bridges include one or more legs and a plank that extends between the legs. The legs and plank are integrally formed together and attached to the deck. The legs have one or more internal walls that define one or more cavities. Concrete fills the cavities of the legs located on a lead end of the pallet. The remaining cavities in the legs are filled with foam. The cavities in one version are wedge shaped. Other legs of the deck are filled entirely with foam.
Claims20
A pallet, comprising:
- a deck;
- a leg extending from the deck;
- wherein the leg has a plurality of spoke walls extending in a radial direction inside of the leg;
- wherein the spoke walls define a plurality of cavities;
- an insert made of foam;
- wherein the insert includes a base and a plurality of petals extending from the base;
- wherein the cavities include a plurality of lead side cavities and a plurality of interior side cavities;
- wherein the lead side cavities are positioned closer to a fork when entering the pallet than the interior cavities;
- wherein the petals extend into the interior cavities;
- wherein the lead side cavities of the leg are empty of the petals;
- and
- concrete filled in the lead side cavities.
9 more elements
A pallet, comprising:
- a deck;
- a leg extending from the deck;
- wherein the leg has a plurality of spoke walls extending in a radial direction inside of the leg;
- wherein the spoke walls define a plurality of cavities;
- an insert made of foam;
- wherein the insert includes a base and a plurality of petals extending from the base;
- wherein the petals of the insert extend from the base into the cavities of the leg;
- wherein the petals have a wedge shape;
- and
- wherein the base is positioned outside of the cavities.
7 more elements
A pallet, comprising:
- a deck;
- a leg extending from the deck;
- wherein the leg has a plurality of spoke walls extending in a radial direction inside of the leg;
- wherein the spoke walls define a plurality of cavities;
- an insert made of foam;
- wherein the insert includes a base and a plurality of petals extending from the base;
- wherein the petals of the insert extend from the base into the cavities of the leg;
- wherein the leg has a hub that defines a hub cavity;
- wherein the spoke walls extend in the radial direction from the hub;
- wherein the insert has a stem extending from the base;
- wherein the petals extend in the radial direction from the stem;
- and
- wherein the stem extends into the hub cavity.
10 more elements
A pallet, comprising:
- a deck;
- a leg extending from the deck;
- wherein the leg has a plurality of spoke walls extending in a radial direction inside of the leg;
- wherein the spoke walls define a plurality of cavities;
- an insert made of foam;
- wherein the insert includes a base and a plurality of petals extending from the base;
- wherein the petals of the insert extend from the base into the cavities of the leg;
- wherein the leg is integrated into a leg-plank bridge;
- and
- wherein the leg-plank bridge includes a plank.
7 more elements
A method, comprising:
- inserting petals of an insert into at least some cavities defined in a leg for a pallet;
- wherein the insert is made of foam;
- wherein the leg has a plurality of spoke walls extending in a radial direction inside of the leg;
- wherein the spoke walls define the cavities;
- filing concrete into the cavities in the leg that lack the petals;
- wherein the cavities include a plurality of lead side cavities and a plurality of interior side cavities;
- wherein the lead side cavities are positioned closer to a side edge of the pallet than the interior cavities;
- wherein the inserting the petals includes inserting the petals into the interior cavities;
- wherein the lead side cavities of the leg are empty of the petals;
- and
- wherein the filing the concrete includes filling the concrete into the lead side cavities.
8 more elements
A method, comprising:
- inserting petals of an insert into at least some cavities defined in a leg for a pallet;
- wherein the insert is made of foam;
- wherein the leg has a plurality of spoke walls extending in a radial direction inside of the leg;
- wherein the spoke walls define the cavities;
- filing concrete into the cavities in the leg that lack the petals;
- wherein the leg has a hub that defines a hub cavity;
- wherein the spoke walls extend in the radial direction from the hub;
- wherein the insert includes a base;
- wherein the insert has a stem extending from the base;
- wherein the petals extend in the radial direction from the stem;
- and
- inserting the stem of the insert into the hub cavity of the leg.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.