Recyclable cross-laminated corrugated and fiber core pallet
OwnerRandy Lee Phares, David Paul Bastoinventors
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Abstract
A totally recyclable pallet includes an upper and lower deck comprised each of corrugated paperboard horizontally and adhesively bonded together with the corrugated flutes of each sheet running perpendicular to the other. Each pallet is comprised of a predetermined number of dense fiber cores placed vertically in a strategic structural pattern and adhered to the said horizontally placed upper and lower decks, such that the cores separated the upper and lower decks by a distance that will allow the tines of a forklift or other pallet moving device to enter into any of its four sides. Each of the said decks may contain ergonomically placed cutouts to act as handholds for handling ease and safety.
Claims15
A completely recyclable pallet comprising:
- a generally rectangular upper deck;
- a generally rectangular lower deck parallel to said upper deck;
- a plurality of thick-walled hollow, cylindrical paperboard spacers having first ends and second ends, wherein said first ends are adhesively affixed to said upper deck and wherein said second ends are adhesively affixed to said lower deck to provide separation between said upper and lower decks;
- each of said upper and lower decks comprising first and second sheets of corrugated paperboard said sheets including a plurality of parallel corrugated flutes, wherein a surface of the first sheet is adhesively bonded to a surface of the second sheet, and wherein the corrugated flutes of said first sheet run perpendicularly to the corrugated flutes of said second sheets.
A completely recyclable pallet comprising:
- an upper deck;
- a lower deck parallel to said upper deck;
- a plurality of spacers having first ends and second ends, wherein said first ends are adhesively affixed to said upper deck and wherein said second ends are adhesively affixed to said lower deck to provide separation between said upper and lower decks;
- each of said upper and lower decks comprising first and second sheets of corrugated paperboard said sheets including a plurality of parallel corrugated flutes, wherein a surface of the first sheet is adhesively bonded to a surface of the second sheet, and wherein the corrugated flutes of said first sheet run perpendicularly to the corrugated flutes of said second sheet;
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- an aperture in said upper deck, said aperture extending through the first and second sheets of said upper deck, said aperture located proximate to an edge of said upper deck to facilitate handling of said pallet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.