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US 2007/0181045 A1Published application
Pallet
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorJustin Smyers
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Abstract
A pallet includes a plurality of parallel channels or corrugations in an upper surface of the deck. A plurality of perpendicular lower channels or corrugations are formed on a lower surface of the deck. The upper and lower channels or corrugations support one another and provide increased stiffness to the deck. The pallet is designed such that it can be rotomolded.
Claims27
A pallet comprising:
- a deck having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface spaced below the upper surface, the upper surface including a plurality of upper channels formed therein, the lower surface including a plurality of lower channels formed therein, the upper channels supported by the lower channels;
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- a plurality of feet extending downward from the deck, the deck including a plurality of openings therethrough aligned with and leading into each of the feet.
A pallet comprising:
- a deck having an upper wall and a lower wall, the lower wall spaced below the upper wall;
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- a plurality of feet extending downward from the deck, the deck including a plurality of openings therethrough aligned with and leading into each of the feet, each of the feet including an outer wall and a inner wall, the inner wall spaced inwardly from the outer wall, at least one of the plurality of feet including a shoulder connecting the inner wall and outer wall such that a foot of a similar pallet would be supported thereon when stacked.
A method for molding a pallet including the steps of:
- a) adding a material to a mold cavity;
- b) rotating the mold about at least one axis after said step a);
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- c) during said step b), forming a pallet in the mold cavity, the pallet including a deck and a plurality of feet extending downwardly from the deck, the deck including a plurality of channels formed in an upper surface thereof and a plurality of channels formed in a lower surface thereof.
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A pallet comprising:
- a deck having an upper wall and a lower wall, the lower wall spaced below the upper wall, the upper wall including a plurality of first corrugations;
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- a plurality of feet extending downward from the deck, the upper wall of the deck including a plurality of openings therethrough aligned with and leading into each of the feet, each of the openings contiguous with one of the plurality of first corrugations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.