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US 2018/0257813 A1Published application
Reinforced pallet
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsWilliam P. Apps, Ryan C. Meers, Kyle L. Baltz
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Abstract
A pallet assembly includes an upper deck having an upper panel portion from which a plurality of ribs extend downward. A plurality of channels are formed in an underside of the upper deck. The pallet assembly includes a plurality of columns below the upper deck. A plurality of reinforcement assemblies, including an inner reinforcement member, are each received within an outer case. The inner reinforcement members are received in the channels in the upper deck.
Claims19
A pallet assembly comprising:
- an upper deck having an upper panel portion from which a plurality of ribs extend downward, a plurality of channels formed in an underside of the upper deck;
- a plurality of columns below the upper deck;
- a plurality of reinforcement assemblies each including an inner reinforcement members each received within a first outer case, the inner reinforcement assemblies received in the plurality of channels, a plurality of second outer cases received in the channels, the second cases not containing inner reinforcement members therein.
A pallet assembly comprising:
- an upper deck having an upper panel portion from which a plurality of ribs extend downward, a plurality of channels formed in an underside of the upper deck;
- a plurality of columns below the upper deck;
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- a plurality of reinforcement assemblies including a plurality of inner reinforcement members each received within a first outer case, the inner reinforcement members received in the plurality of channels, wherein the outer case has a three-sided cross-section with an open side, such that the outer case has a U-shaped cross section, wherein the upper panel portion covers the inner reinforcement members on the open side of the outer case.
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A pallet assembly comprising:
- an upper deck having an upper panel portion from which a plurality of ribs extend downward, a plurality of channels formed in an underside of the upper deck;
- a plurality of columns below the upper deck;
- a plurality of plastic outer cases having a hollow rectangular cross section, the plastic outer cases received in the plurality of channels;
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- a plurality of inner reinforcement members received within some, but not all, of the plurality of outer cases.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.