Pallet frame
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorCharles P. Schreiner
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Abstract
A pallet frame for storing and transporting a plurality of material handling totes. The pallet frame includes a plurality of pairs of back-to-back spaced vertically aligned support rails carried centrally on a frame which provides for forklift transfer and stackability. Support rails are constructed and arranged to hold a plurality of variably sized material handling totes cantilevered from the support rails.
Claims11
A pallet frame for storing and transporting a plurality of material handling totes, said pallet frame comprising:
- a bottom frame defining forklift receiving channels on the underside thereof and including an elongated central base member and base blocks at each corner thereof for supporting said pallet frame on a flat surface;
- a pair of end frames mounted to said bottom frame, each of said end frames including a central load bearing member and a corner post at each end thereof, each of said corner posts being outwardly of the corner of said bottom frame and connected thereto;
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- a plurality of support rails interconnecting said central load bearing members, each of said support rails being constructed and arranged to support a material handling tote.
A pallet frame for storing and transporting a plurality of material handling totes, said pallet frame comprising:
- a base frame and a pair of upright end frames, said base frame including an elongated central base member and a corner block at each corner of said base frame, said central base member and corner blocks extending below the remainder of said base member to define forklift receiving channels in the underside of said pallet frame;
- a plurality of horizontally disposed vertically spaced pairs of support rails extending parallel with said central base member and supported at each end by said end frames, said support rails adapted to receive material handling totes thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.