Nestable pallet hand hole
AssigneeORBIS Corporation
InventorsBenjamin J. Thompson, Gina L. Ripplinger
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Abstract
A nestable pallet having a deck portion with an upper top surface layer and lower bottom surface layer separated a first distance from the upper top surface includes one or more hand holes extending through the upper top surface layer to the lower bottom surface layer to form an aperture therethrough. A recess in the lower portion of the deck enables a user of the hand hole to grip the hand hole when the pallet is nested or stacked on another similar or like pallet. The pallet is formed form a molded plastic and includes a plurality of legs that extend downward from the deck.
Claims20
A nestable pallet comprising:
- a deck having an upper top surface layer and a lower bottom surface layer separated a first distance from the top surface layer;
- a plurality of feet extending downward from the deck;
- and,
- a first hand hole extending through the top surface layer of the deck to the bottom surface layer of the deck creating an aperture therethrough wherein a lower portion of the first hand hole has a first recess to enable a user to grasp the first hand hole when stacked on another pallet.
A nestable pallet comprising:
- a deck having an upper top surface layer and a lower bottom surface layer separated a first distance from the upper top surface layer wherein the lower bottom surface layer is configured to lay adjacent an upper top surface layer of a like pallet when nested thereon;
- a first hand hole extending from the upper top surface layer of the deck to the lower bottom surface layer of the deck to form a first aperture therethrough;
- a first lower recess portion in the deck aligned with the first hand hold to enable a user to grasp the first hand hole when nested on the like pallet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.