Nestable pallet
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsWilliam P. Apps, Joshua Een
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Abstract
A nestable pallet includes a deck from which a plurality of feet extend downwardly. Each foot has a corresponding opening through the deck leading into an interior of the foot so that the feet of a similar pallet stacked thereon can be received therein, thereby reducing stacking height when empty. An exterior wall of the foot is shared with a peripheral wall of the pallet, such that the exterior wall of the foot has an inner surface defining the interior of the foot and an outer surface, which is the outer most surface of the pallet.
Claims26
A nestable pallet comprising:
- a deck having a peripheral edge;
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- a plurality of feet extending downwardly from the deck, each foot having a corresponding opening through the deck leading into an interior of the corresponding foot, each foot having an exterior wall having an inner surface defining the interior of the foot and an exterior surface partially defining an outer periphery of the pallet, the exterior wall of each foot partially defines the peripheral edge of the deck, the exterior wall of each foot being in the same plane as the peripheral edge of the deck.
A nestable pallet comprising:
- a deck;
- a plurality of feet extending downwardly from the deck, each foot having a corresponding opening through the deck leading into an interior of the corresponding foot, each opening having a protrusion into the opening, each foot having channel for receiving the protrusion of a corresponding opening of a similar pallet in which the pallet is nested, each foot elongated along a first axis, each foot asymmetrical about the first axis;
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- a peripheral lip extending around the periphery of the pallet, the peripheral lip at least partially defining exterior walls of the plurality of feet, the exterior walls each being a single wall, the exterior wall of each foot being in the same plane as the peripheral lip.
A nestable pallet comprising:
- a deck having a peripheral edge;
- a plurality of corner feet extending downwardly from the deck, each corner foot having a corresponding opening through the deck leading into an interior of the corresponding corner foot, each corner foot having an exterior wall having an inner surface defining the interior of the corner foot and an exterior surface partially defining the peripheral edge of the deck, the exterior surface of each exterior wall being in the same plane as the peripheral edge of the deck;
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- a plurality of ribs formed on the inner surface of the exterior wall of each corner foot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.