Keg pallet
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsWilliam P. Apps, Way Joe Lee
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Abstract
A pallet includes a deck having center portion and two outer portions spaced outward on either side of the center portion. A plurality of keg supports extend from each outer portion to the center portion. Each keg support has a concave upper surface. A large opening is defined between each adjacent pair of keg supports. Outer middle recesses are formed on each outer portion adjacent each large opening. Center middle recesses are formed on the center portion adjacent each large opening. A plurality of column portions protrude from the deck. The pallet accommodates both straight kegs and belly kegs at the same height. The pallet may be formed in two identical halves.
Claims20
A pallet comprising:
- a deck having center portion and two outer portions spaced outward on either side of the center portion, a plurality of supports extending from each outer portion to the center portion, a large opening defined between each adjacent pair of supports, an upper surface of the deck including a plurality of parallel longitudinally-elongated concave keg recesses;
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- a plurality of column portions protruding downward from the deck below the center portion and the two outer portions.
A pallet comprising:
- a deck having center portion and two outer portions spaced outward on either side of the center portion, a plurality of supports extending from each outer portion to the center portion, a large opening defined between each adjacent pair of supports;
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- a plurality of male column portions and a plurality of complementary female column portions extending from the center portion of the deck, wherein each of the plurality of male column portions and each of the plurality of complementary female column portions are elongated along a longitudinal center line of the deck, wherein adjacent pairs of male column portions and female column portions are spaced apart from one another and aligned on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line of the center portion.
A pallet comprising:
- a first pallet half and a second pallet half, wherein the first pallet half is identical to the second pallet half;
- each of the first pallet half and the second pallet half including a deck having center portion and two outer portions spaced outward on either side of the center portion, a plurality of supports extending from each outer portion to the center portion, an opening defined between each adjacent pair of supports, an outer surface of each deck including a plurality of parallel longitudinally-elongated concave keg recesses;
- each of the first pallet half and the second pallet half including a plurality of column portions formed integrally from its associated deck and protruding inward toward the deck of the other of the first pallet half and the second pallet half.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.