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US 8,505,469 B2Granted
All in one multifunction pallet
OwnerXue Wu Liu, Rui Liinventors
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Abstract
A collapsible, reusable and repairable pallet is composed of a plate(s) with penetrative holes and various of grooves. The pallet is composed of a numbers of supporting legs, at least two joint shifts, a plurality of nuts, a number of belts, different types of RFID tags and renewable batteries. The collapsible pallet results the zero space waste in pallet collection, storage and transportation for further application. Any damaged part of the pallet can be replaced with a new part, including the plate(s), the supporting legs, the belts, the joint shifts, the nuts, the RFID tags and the batteries.
Claims31
A collapsible, reusable and repairable pallet comprising:
- a plurality of adjoining plates connected together to form the pallet;
- each plate of the plurality of adjoining plates comprising concave or convex structures wherein a plate of the plurality of adjoining plates with convex structures is coupled to a plate of the plurality of adjoining plates with concave structures by inserting the convex structures into the concave structures;
- each plate of the plurality of adjoining plates with at least two penetrative holes, the penetrative holes formed on perpendicular sides of the plate, wherein the penetrative holes of adjoining plates align;
- at least two rotatable legs, each leg having a convex upper portion with a penetrative hole, and a bottom portion having support shoulders;
- at least two joint shafts having two threaded ends;
- wherein a first joint shaft of the at least two joint shafts passes through the aligning penetrative holes of adjacent plates to fasten the adjacent plates together while passing through the penetrative hole of a leg of the at least two rotatable legs such that the leg rotates about the joint shaft from a first position stored within a first groove formed within a plate of the plurality of adjoining plates to a second extended position wherein the leg supports the plate on the support shoulders such that the plate is elevated from the ground;
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- wherein a second joint shaft of the at least two joint shafts passes through the aligning penetrative holes of adjacent plates to fasten the adjacent plates together, the first joint shaft and the second joint shaft are perpendicular to each other;
- at least one second threaded groove housing a nut which is connected to one of the treaded ends of a joint shaft and the second threaded groove;
- at least one third groove, each third groove housing a belt for securing cargo to the pallet;
- at least one fourth groove, each fourth groove housing a radio frequency identification tag;
- and at least one fifth groove, each fifth groove housing a battery.
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A collapsible, reusable and repairable pallet comprising:
- a plate;
- the plate with at least two penetrative holes, the penetrative holes formed on perpendicular sides of the plate;
- at least two rotatable legs, each leg having a convex upper portion with a penetrative hole, and a bottom portion having support shoulders;
- at least two joint shafts having two threaded ends;
- wherein a first joint shaft of the at least two joint shafts passes through the penetrative holes of the plates and passes through the penetrative hole of a leg of the at least two rotatable legs such that the leg rotates about the joint shaft from a first position stored within a first groove formed within the plate to a second extended position wherein the leg supports the plate on the support shoulders such that the plate is elevated from the ground;
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- wherein a second joint shaft of the at least two joint shafts passes through the penetrative holes of the plate, the first joint shaft and the second joint shaft are perpendicular to each other;
- at least one second threaded groove housing a nut which is connected to one of the treaded ends of a joint shaft and the second threaded groove;
- at least one third groove, each third groove housing a belt for securing cargo to the pallet;
- at least one fourth groove, each fourth groove housing a radio frequency identification tag;
- and at least one fifth groove, each fifth groove housing a battery.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.