Indexed pallet
AssigneeStratis Corporation
InventorAndrew W. Elder
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Abstract
A pallet includes a rectangular support deck having a substantially planar upper supporting surface including a plurality of channels formed therein extending across the pallet. The deck includes support members extending from an underside of the deck that nest in recesses formed in the upper surface of the deck. An alignment portion is formed at a center point along the first edge of the deck and a second alignment portion is formed at a center point of an opposed edge of the deck. An alignment portion includes angled sides for receiving a tapered member of a complementary device.
Claims18
A pallet comprising:
- a rectangular support deck having a substantially planar upper supporting surface including a plurality of channels formed therein extending across the pallet;
- a plurality of support members extending from an underside of the deck;
- a v-shaped alignment notch formed and centered along a first edge of the deck;
- wherein the first edge comprises an edge at a first end of the channels, and wherein channels spaced further from the alignment notch are wider than channels closer to the alignment notch.
A method of aligning a pallet against a device, comprising:
- providing a pallet having a substantially planar deck and an alignment section comprising a notch along at least a first edge, wherein the notch includes sides extending obliquely to the first edge;
- providing a device having a tapered indexing portion complementary to the notch;
- moving the pallet and the device relative to one another such that the alignment section engages the indexing portion;
- sliding the pallet and device relative to one another so that the indexing portion guides the alignment section of the pallet to position the pallet in a predetermined position against the device.
A pallet comprising:
- a rectangular support deck having a substantially planar upper supporting surface including a plurality of channels formed therein extending across the pallet, wherein the channels nearer ends of the pallet have a width greater than channels nearer a center of the pallet;
- a plurality of support members extending from an underside of the deck;
- an alignment portion formed along a first edge of the deck at a center point of the first edge, wherein the alignment portion includes first and second sides extending inward toward one another from the first edge at an oblique angle to the first edge.
A pallet comprising:
- a rectangular support deck having a substantially planar upper supporting surface;
- a plurality of support members extending from an underside of the deck;
- an alignment portion formed along a first edge of the deck;
- and
- wherein the upper supporting surface includes a plurality of channels formed therein extending across the pallet, the channels having centerlines spaced equidistant from centerlines of adjacent channels and wherein channels nearer ends of the pallet have graduated widths increasing from the channels nearer a center of the pallet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.