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US 2010/0107933 A1Published application
Shipping pallet apparatus and method
OwnerDavid Michael Loveinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to shipping pallets 10 that may be constructed, at least in part, from structural members 100 that are largely fabricated from paper and paper based materials. One or more of the structural members 100 may include a wrapper 60 secured in tension to a core 20. The core 20 may include one or more laminated fiberboard sheets 40. Because of the use of paper and paper based materials, the one or more aspects of shipping pallets 10 in accordance with the present inventions may be recycled.
Claims12
An apparatus, comprising:
- a shipping pallet including at least an upper deck and one or more runners, at least one of the upper deck and one or more runners including a structural member, the structural member comprising a core and a wrapper, the core defining at least a first core surface, a second core surface, a core lower surface and a core upper surface, the wrapper secured in tension over at least a portion of at least one of the first core surface, the second core surface, the core lower surface and the core upper surface of the core.
A shipping pallet, comprising:
- at least one structural member formed from a core means for forming an internal support structure and a wrapper means for placing the core in compression, the wrapper means secured in tension to the core means.
A method, comprising;
- providing one or more fiberboard sheets and a wrapper;
- forming a core by laminating the one or more fiberboard sheets;
- applying a tension to the wrapper;
- forming a structural member by securing the wrapper to the core;
- connecting the structural members;
- and,
- forming a shipping pallet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.