Pallet with tine support elements
AssigneeIntrek Logistics LLC
InventorBrian O'Connell
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Abstract
An improved pallet comprising: a support deck with an upper load contacting surface and a lower ground facing surface; a first and second sidewall, each with ground contacting legs and each connected to two elongate sides of the support deck; a pallet cavity formed below said lower ground facing surface of the support deck and between said first and second sidewalls; and a support element with a tine contacting surface protruding vertically down from the lower ground facing surface of the support deck partially into the pallet cavity but not below the ground contacting legs of the first and second sidewalls.
Claims20
An improved pallet, the pallet comprising:
- a. a support deck with an upper load contacting surface and a lower ground facing surface;
- b. a first sidewall with ground contacting legs connected to one side of the support deck and a second sidewall with ground contacting legs connected to an opposing side of the support deck;
- c. a pallet cavity formed below said lower ground facing surface of the support deck and between said first and second sidewalls;
- d. a first support element with a tine contacting surface within the pallet cavity but not extending below the ground contacting legs of said first and second sidewalls;
- e. a second support element with a tine contacting surface spaced apart from said first support element within the pallet cavity but not extending below the ground contacting legs of said first and second sidewalls;
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- wherein said first support element and said second support element are configured to act as contact point for a lift tine of a pallet transport device when engaging the pallet in a vertical lifting motion.
An improved pallet, the pallet comprising:
- a. a support deck with an upper load contacting surface and a lower ground facing surface;
- b. a first sidewall with ground contacting legs connected to one elongate side of the support deck comprising a narrow tine vertical opening and a standard tine access opening;
- c. a second sidewall with ground contacting legs connected to an opposing elongate side of the support deck comprising a narrow tine vertical opening and a standard tine access opening;
- d. a pallet cavity formed below said lower ground facing surface of the support deck and between said first and second sidewalls;
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- wherein narrow tine vertical openings on the first and second sidewalls are configured to accept narrow lift tines of a narrow tine lift through a narrow tine access channel and wherein standard tine access openings on the first and second sidewalls are configured to accept lift tines of a traditional pallet transporting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.