Keg pallet
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsWilliam P. Apps, Jon P. Hassell
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Abstract
A pallet includes a deck having a center portion and two outer portions spaced outward on either side of the center portion. A plurality of keg supports extend from each of the two outer portions to the center portion. A pair of concave outer keg recesses are defined partially in the plurality of keg supports and partially in the two outer portions. A center keg recess is formed in the center portion. A plurality of outer column portions protrude downward from the two outer portions and a plurality of center column portions protrude downward from the center portion of the deck. Each of the concave outer keg recesses and the center keg recess accommodates two slim ¼ barrel kegs or two ⅙ barrel kegs.
Claims23
A pallet comprising:
- a deck having a center portion and two outer portions spaced outward on either side of the center portion, a plurality of keg supports extending from each of the two outer portions to the center portion, a pair of concave outer keg recesses defined partially in the plurality of keg supports and partially in the two outer portions, a center keg recess formed in the center portion;
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- a plurality of outer column portions protruding from the two outer portions and a plurality of center column portions protruding from the center portion of the deck.
A pallet half comprising:
- a deck having a center portion and two outer portions spaced outward on either side of the center portion, the deck including three concave keg recesses formed in an upper surface thereof;
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- a plurality of center male column portions and a plurality of center female column portions extending from the center portion of the deck, wherein each of the plurality of center male column portions and each of the plurality of center female column portions are elongated along a longitudinal center line of the deck, wherein adjacent pairs of center male column portions and center female column portions are spaced apart from one another and aligned on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line of the center portion, wherein the plurality of center male column portions and the plurality of center female column portions are integrally molded with the deck.
A pallet comprising:
- an upper deck and a lower deck;
- a plurality of columns connecting the upper deck to the lower deck;
- each of the upper deck and the lower deck having a center portion and two outer portions spaced outward on either side of the center portion, a plurality of keg supports extending from each of the two outer portions to the center portion, a pair of concave outer keg recesses defined partially in the plurality of keg supports and partially in the two outer portions, a center keg recess formed in the center portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.