Pallet for storing wheeled items
AssigneeBurnham Service Company, Inc.
InventorJulius F. Heil
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Abstract
A pallet for a wheeled item comprises a base frame having openings for receiving forklift arms, a pair of tracks mounted on the base frame for receiving the wheels of the item, and a pair of corresponding ramps mounted on the base frame and sloping laterally from the tracks so that when the wheeled item is shifted on the wheels from the tracks along the ramps, the undercarriage of the wheeled item comes to rest on the pallet. Wheeled items can be quickly loaded and secured on the pallet and can be manipulated with a forklift for storing wheeled items in stacked relation.
Claims17
A pallet for a wheeled item comprising an undercarriage and wheels extending from the undercarriage, the pallet comprising:
- a base frame having openings for receiving fork lift arms and a longitudinal axis extending from a first end to a second end;
- first and second tracks mounted on the base frame for receiving the wheels of the item, the first and second tracks extending from the first end toward the second end substantially parallel to and spaced from one another;
- a first ramp mounted on the base frame between the first and second tracks and sloping laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis from the first track toward the base frame and the second track;
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- a second ramp mounted on the base frame such that the second track is between the first and second ramps, the second ramp sloping laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis from the second track toward the base frame,
- so that when the wheeled item is shifted on the wheels laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis from the first and second tracks along the first and second ramps, the undercarriage of the wheeled item comes to rest on at least one pallet support surface.
A pallet for a wheeled item comprising an undercarriage and casters extending from the undercarriage, the pallet comprising:
- a base frame having openings for receiving fork lift arms, a longitudinal axis extending from a first end to a second end, an underside facing downwardly when the item is being loaded on the pallet, and a top side facing upwardly when the item is being loaded on the pallet;
- first and second tracks mounted on the top side of the base frame for receiving the wheels of the item, the first and second tracks extending from the first end toward the second end substantially parallel to and spaced from one another;
- a first ramp mounted on the top side of the base frame between the first and second tracks and sloping laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis from the first track toward the second track and downwardly toward the top side of the base frame;
- a second ramp mounted on the top side of the base frame such that the second track is between the first and second ramps, the second ramp sloping laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis from the second track and downwardly toward the base frame;
- a first support extending upwardly from the first ramp between the first and second tracks;
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- a second support extending upwardly from the second ramp,
- so that when the wheeled item is shifted on the casters laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis from the first and second tracks and downwardly along the first and second ramps, the undercarriage of the wheeled item comes to rest on the first and second supports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.