Corrugated pallet and pallet foot
OwnerPeter L. Modelinventor
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Abstract
A pallet and pallet foot is made of corrugated materials such that the entire pallet and pallet foot may be recycled with other corrugated materials (e.g., boxes or the like). The pallet foot is made from shredded corrugated waste which is made into a slurry and molded, using a wet pulp process, to form a molded pallet foot. The pallet foot may be glued to a corrugated deck provided with cutouts in the deck surface. Cutouts accept pallet feet from another pallet such that multiple pallets may be stacked in a nesting manner. The pallet feet may be further fortified with a water resistant coating. The resulting pallet is lightweight, strong, and readily recyclable.
Claims10
A multi-component recyclable pallet comprising:
- a substantially planar deck portion provided as a first component formed of a recyclable material;
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- a plurality of feet, provided as separate components, formed from shredded fibrous scrap pieces of the recyclable material molded, using a wet pulp process, into a predetermined shape and attached to said substantially planar deck portion with an adhesive.
A recyclable pallet foot formed from scrap pieces of recyclable material the pallet foot composed of shredded fibrous scrap recyclable material, molded, using a wet pulp process, into a substantially cruciform shape having a concave upward surface and a convex lower surface, said concave upward surfacing for attaching to a substantially planar deck portion of a pallet so as to contact a periphery of one of a plurality of openings in the substantially planar deck portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.