Four-way skeleton pallet
OwnerStewart Fergusoninventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The stringers of two sets of stringers crossing orthogonally to form a skeleton stringer pallet have edge forkway notches, ends of which notches are formed by crossing stringers so that the upright faces of such crossing stringers serve as a guide for the prong of a forklift inserted into the forkway notches.
Claims10
A skeleton stringer pallet comprising two sets of stringers crossing orthogonally, one of the stringers of a first set of stringers having upper and lower edges and one of said edges having a forkway notch therein which is elongated lengthwise of said one stringer and has two end portions and a central portion therebetween, a crossing stringer of the other set of stringers being received in one of said end portions of said forkway notch so that an upright face of said crossing stringer is exposed to the central portion of said forkway notch and said upright face serves as a guide for a forklift prong inserted into said central portion of said forkway notch.
A skeleton stringer pallet comprising two sets of stringers crossing orthogonally and having upper and lower edges, the upper edges of all of the stringers of a first set having two forkway notches therein which are elongated lengthwise of said stringers and each notch has two end portions and a central portion therebetween for forming a first forkway for forklift prongs and the lower edges of all the stringers of the other set of stringers having two forkway notches therein for forming a second forkway for forklift prongs extending orthogonally to said first forkway, a stringer of the other set of stringers crossing the stringers of the first set being received in one end portion of a forkway notch of the first set so that an upright face of said crossing stringer is exposed to the central portion of such forkway notch and said upright face serves as a guide for a forklift prong inserted into said central portion of said forkway notch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.