Plastic pallet
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsWilliam P. Apps, Jeff Wilkerson, Brian Musser
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Abstract
An improved pallet made of a synthetic resin wherein one of the underside of the upper deck and upperside of the lower deck is substantially planar, and the supports which separate the upper and lower decks are integrally formed with and project upwardly from the other side, and are secured to the one side. One of the ends of the supports are tapered and received in recesses in the one side, and the recesses and the supports preferably have mating elements which snap-actingly engage one another to lock the supports in the recesses when the decks are assembled.
Claims35
A synthetic resin pallet, for use with a fork lift, comprising separately molded upper and lower decks spaced apart by a plurality of supports to define therebetween fork-receiving regions, wherein a surface of one of the upper and lower decks is substantially planar and includes recesses, a plurality of snap tabs spaced about a periphery of each recess and the supports are integrally formed with and project generally perpendicular from the other of the upper and lower decks and are secured to the surface of the one deck, the supports being tapered and having an integrally-molded first end and a second end, wherein one of the first and second ends of the supports is wider than the other of the first and second ends thereof, and wherein the second end of the each support is retained in the recess by the plurality of snap tabs.
A synthetic resin pallet, for use with a fork lift, comprising separately molded upper and lower decks spaced apart by a plurality of supports to define therebetween fork-receiving regions, wherein a one side of an underside of the upper deck and upperside of the lower deck is substantially planar and includes at least one snap tab in each of a plurality of recesses, and the supports are integrally formed with and project upwardly from the other side of the underside of the upper deck and upperside of the lower deck, and are secured to the one side, the supports having lower ends and upper ends, one of the ends of the supports being received in the recesses in the one side with the at least one snap tab being received within an interior of the support such that a side wall of the support is between the at least one snap tab and an inner surface of the recess at least partially circumscribing the recess, wherein the supports are tapered, one of the lower and upper ends of the supports is wider than the other of the lower and upper ends thereof.
A synthetic resin pallet, for use with a fork lift, comprising separately molded upper and lower decks spaced apart by a plurality of supports to define therebetween fork-receiving region, each support including a side wall defining a support interior, a lip extending inwardly into the support interior to retain the upper deck to the lower deck, wherein one side of the underside of the upper deck and the upperside of the lower deck is substantially planar, and the supports are integrally formed with and project from an other side of the underside of the upper deck and the upperside of the lower deck, and are secured to the one side, one of the supports being located substantially at the center of the pallet, and the other supports are located substantially at the periphery of the pallet.
A synthetic resin pallet for use with a fork lift comprising:
- a synthetic resin first deck having a plurality of recesses each defined by an inner surface at least substantially circumscribing the recess, at least one arm projecting from the first deck in each recess;
- a synthetic resin second deck molded separately from the first deck;
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- a plurality of hollow supports projecting substantially perpendicularly from the second deck and defining fork-receiving regions therebetween, each support including an outer wall at least substantially circumscribing an interior of the support, each support received within one of the plurality of recesses in the first deck to space the first deck away from the second deck, the at least one arm received within the interior of the support to secure the first deck to the second deck.
A synthetic resin pallet for use with a fork lift comprising:
- a synthetic resin first deck having a plurality of recesses, at least one snap-tab in each recess and not protruding outside the recess;
- a synthetic resin second deck molded separately from the first deck;
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- a plurality of hollow supports projecting substantially perpendicularly from the second deck and defining fork-receiving regions therebetween, each support including an outer wall at least partially defining an interior of the support, each support received within one of the plurality of recesses in the first deck to space the first deck away from the second deck, each snap tab secured to one of the plurality of supports to secure the first deck to the second deck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.