Load carrying structure
AssigneeBozel North America LLC
InventorRobert Hinkle
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are described herein for a load carrying structure, and more particularly, to a load carrying pallet formed of modular interlocking components that do not require welding or bonding. An apparatus includes a load carrying structure having: a plurality of side members removably connected to each other to form a base; a first support member and a second support member, where the first support member and the second support member are each removably connected between a respective pair of the plurality of side members; and a top member, where the top member is removably fastened to each of the plurality of side members.
Claims20
A load carrying structure comprising:
- a plurality of side members comprising a first pair of side members and a second pair of side members removably connected to each other to form a base as a quadrilateral shape;
- a first support member and a second support member, wherein the first support member is removably connected between the first pair of side members and extends through the quadrilateral shape, and the second support member is removably connected between a the second pair of side members and extends through the quadrilateral shape;
- a top member, wherein the top member is removably fastened to each of the plurality of side members, wherein a pair of apertures is defined in each of the plurality of side members each of the pair of apertures is bounded on one side by the top member, wherein each of the pair of apertures is sized and configured for receiving forks of at least one of a forklift or a pallet jack.
A load carrying structure comprising:
- a first side member, a second side member, a third side member, and a fourth side member, wherein the first side member, the second side member, the third side member, and the fourth side member are releasably connected to form a rectangular base;
- a first support member removably connected between the first side member and the third side member within the rectangular base;
- a second support member removably connected between the second side member and the fourth side member within the rectangular base;
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- a top member removably connected to the first side member, the second side member, the third side member, and the fourth side member, wherein the first side member, the second side member, the third side member, the fourth side member, the first support member, and the second support member are precluded from disconnecting from one another in response to the top member being connected to the first side member, the second side member, the third side member, and the fourth side member,
- and wherein each if the first side member, the second side member, the third side member, the fourth side member, the first support member, and the second support member define a pair of apertures, wherein each pair of apertures is bounded on one side by the top member, wherein each of the pair of apertures is sized and configured for receiving forks of at least one of a forklift or a pallet jack.
A method of constructing a load carrying structure comprising:
- interconnecting a first side member, a second side member, a third side member, and a fourth side member to form a rectangular base;
- connecting a first support member between the first side member and the third side member within the rectangular base;
- connecting a second support member between the second side member and the fourth side member within the rectangular base;
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- connecting a top member to the first side member, the second side member, the third side member, and the fourth side member, wherein the first side member, the second side member, the third side member, the fourth side member, the first support member, and the second support member are locked together by the top member,
- and wherein each if the first side member, the second side member, the third side member, the fourth side member, the first support member, and the second support member define a pair of apertures, wherein each pair of apertures is bounded on one side by the top member, wherein each of the pair of apertures is sized and configured for receiving forks of at least one of a forklift or a pallet jack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.