Pallet
AssigneeOzkor Pty. Ltd.
InventorIn Soong Kim
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Abstract
A pallet having a top deck supported by four corner posts that extend to a bottom deck. The top deck has four side beams and four intermediate beams, with the beams each being provided with tubular reinforcements with the tubular reinforcements providing longitudinally extending passages that can receive reinforcing rods.
Claims16
A pallet including:
- a body moulded of plastics material so as to provide a top deck and a bottom deck, the top deck providing a top surface upon which items to be transported are to rest, the bottom deck providing a bottom surface upon which the pallet is to rest by engaging a supporting surface, the body also providing side surfaces extending between the top and bottom surfaces;
- at least one reinforcing member formed of plastics material and embedded in the top deck so as to be at least substantially enclosed thereby;
- and wherein said body has a density, and the reinforcing member has a density different to the density of said body.
A pallet of square or rectangular configuration and having a body moulded of plastics material so as to provide a top deck and a bottom deck, the top deck providing a top surface on which items to be transported are to rest, and a bottom deck providing a bottom surface upon which the pallet is to rest by engaging a supporting surface, four corner posts, each corner post extending between the top deck and the bottom deck, and wherein:
- the top deck includes four edge beams, each edge beam extending between a respective two of the corner posts;
- the body further includes four intermediate posts, each intermediate post being fixed to a respective one of the side beams, and being located generally centrally between the corner posts associated with the respective beam, a centre post extending between the top deck and the bottom deck, and four intermediate beams, each intermediate beam extending between a respective one of the intermediate posts and the centre post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.