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US 2014/0041557 A1Published application
Corrugated Paper Pallet
AssigneeThe Corrugated Pallets Company
InventorsChristopher Casey, Janet Duffield
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing pallet runners and pallets constructed using them for use in the storage and/or transport of goods and, more particularly, to a low cost, strong, recyclable, reinforced pallet and runner design.
Claims9
A corrugated pallet for supporting a load during transport and storage comprising:
- a. a series of spaced parallel two way access runners, each of the runners comprising the following components:
- i. a die cut corrugated sheet comprising five joined parallel segments of length L;
- ii. a rectangular corrugated block of length L, attached adhesively to the second and fourth segments of the die cut corrugated sheet;
- b. wherein each two way access runner is created by:
- i. applying an adhesive on the interior side of the die cut corrugated sheet, coating all five joined parallel segments;
- ii. adhesively attaching the corrugated block onto the second parallel segment;
- iii. folding, pressing, and adhesively attaching the first and third parallel segments against said rectangular corrugated block on the second segment of the die cut corrugated sheet;
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- iv. adhesively attaching the fourth parallel segment against the top of said rectangular corrugated block, allowing the adhesively coated fifth parallel segment to wrap over the top and cover the outside of the first parallel segment;
- c. a corrugated top sheet joined to the tops of the runners using adhesive applied to the horizontal upper surface of the runner;
- d. a corrugated bottom sheet joined to the bottoms of the runners using adhesive to the horizontal bottom surface of the runner.
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A corrugated pallet for supporting a load during transport and storage comprising:
- a. a series of spaced parallel four way access runners, each comprising multiple spaced apart short block runners, having openings extending the entire width of the runner in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the runner, each of the spaced apart short block runners comprising the following components:
- i. a die cut corrugated sheet comprising five joined parallel segments of length L;
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- ii. a rectangular corrugated block of length L;
- b. wherein each spaced apart short block runner is created by:
- i. applying an adhesive on the interior side of the die cut corrugated sheet, coating all five joined parallel segments;
- ii. adhesively attaching the corrugated block onto the second parallel segment;
- iii. folding, pressing, and adhesively attaching the first and third parallel segments against said rectangular corrugated block on the second segment of the die cut corrugated sheet;
- iv. adhesively attaching the fourth parallel segment against the top of said rectangular corrugated block, allowing the adhesively coated fifth parallel segment to wrap over the top and cover the outside of the first parallel segment;
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- v. adhesively attaching the extended end flaps on each end of the assembled short block runner;
- c. a corrugated top sheet joined to the tops of the 4-way access runners using adhesive applied to the horizontal upper surface of the 4-way access runner;
- d. a corrugated bottom sheet joined to the bottoms of the 4-way access runners using adhesive to the horizontal bottom surface of the 4-way access runners.
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A method for preparing a corrugated runner for a corrugated pallet comprising the steps of:
- a. preparing a die cut corrugated sheet comprising five joined parallel segments;
- b. spray coating an adhesive on the interior side of the die cut corrugated sheet, coating all five joined parallel segments;
- c. glueing a rectangular corrugated block on the second segment of the die cut corrugated sheet;
- d. folding and pressing said first and third parallel segments against said rectangular corrugated block on the second segment of the die cut corrugated sheet;
- e. pressing the adhesively coated fourth parallel segment against the top of said rectangular corrugated block, allowing the adhesively coated fifth parallel segment to wrap over the top and cover the outside of the first parallel segment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.