Pallet for storing items with aligned or offset wheels
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 plurality of tracks mounted on the base frame for receiving the wheels of the item, and a plurality of ramps mounted on the base frame and sloping from the tracks toward the base frame 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. The pallet can be designed to store wheeled items with aligned or offset casters.
Claims23
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;
- a plurality of tracks mounted on the base frame for receiving the wheels of the item, the tracks extending from the first end toward the second end substantially parallel to and spaced from one another;
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- a plurality of ramps mounted on the base frame and sloping from the plurality of tracks toward the base frame;
- the plurality of tracks and the plurality of ramps structured and arranged so that when the wheeled item is shifted on the wheels from the plurality of tracks along the plurality of ramps, the undercarriage of the wheeled item comes to rest on a support surface of the pallet.
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;
- a support mounted on the base frame and having a support surface for receiving the wheels of the item;
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- a plurality of ramps mounted on the base frame and sloping from proximate the support surface toward the base frame through recesses in the support;
- the support and the plurality of ramps structured and arranged so that when the wheeled item is shifted on the wheels from the support surface along the plurality of ramps, the undercarriage of the wheeled item comes to rest on the support surface.
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;
- at least one first ramp mounted on the base frame and sloping from the first track toward the base frame;
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- at least one second ramp mounted on the base frame and sloping from the second track toward the base frame,
- the first and second tracks and at least one first and at least one second ramps structured and arranged so that when the wheeled item is shifted on the wheels from the first and second tracks along the at least one first and at least one second ramps, the undercarriage of the wheeled item comes to rest on a support surface of the pallet.
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;
- a support on the base frame and having a support surface for receiving the wheels of the item;
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- a plurality of ramps on the base frame and sloping from the support toward the base frame;
- the support and the plurality of ramps structured and arranged so that when the wheeled item is shifted on the wheels from the support surface along the plurality of ramps, the undercarriage of the wheeled item comes to rest on the support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.