Pallet design with buoyant characteristics
AssigneeOria Collapsibles, LLC
InventorMiguel A. Linares
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Abstract
A body having a buoyant inducing element for supporting upon a body of water. The buoyant inducing element includes a plurality of bladders deployable into an end-to-end perimeter extending arrangement relative to the body. In a further design, a pressurized tank is contained within the body and holds a volume of a compressed gas and in communication with the deployable bladders. The body may also include upper and lower vertically displaceable halves, with the elevation of the upper half causing one way air inlet valves disposed within a bottom surface of the lower halve to fill an expanded interior defined between the halves, via vacuum inlet pressure acting upon the one way valves.
Claims13
A flotation pallet, comprising:
- a three dimensional shaped body having a plurality of interconnected sides establishing a load supporting surface;
- a plurality of buoyancy inducing bladders supported within said body in pre-expanded positions;
- a pressurized tank contained within said body and holding a volume of a compressed gas, said bladders connected by a plurality of communicating lines to said pressurized tank;
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- a plurality of slots formed into extending edges of said body and through which said bladders are collectively expanded in end-to-end perimeter extending fashion relative to said body.
A pallet, comprising:
- a three dimensional shaped body;
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- a plurality of bladders supported within said body in first retracted positions and which are deployed in outwardly expanded fashion through openings extending along perimeter extending edges of said body such that said expanded bladders define an end-to-end perimeter contacting and extending arrangement in order to support said body upon a body of water in a buoyant fashion.
A pallet, comprising:
- a three dimensional shaped body having upper and lower vertically inter-displaceable halves, each exhibiting overlapping and vertically extending walls defining a plurality of individual compartments;
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- expansion of said upper half relative to said lower half causing said body to establish a buoyant supporting condition when placed upon a body of water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.