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US 8,622,006 B2Granted
Pallet
AssigneeGeorg Utz Holding AG
InventorJean-Marc Dubois
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Abstract
A pallet for storage and transport of goods consists of an upper deck that serves as a standing surface for the goods, standing feet that can be assembled onto the underside of the upper deck, and accommodation channels formed into the upper deck, for affixing at least one reinforcement strip. The upper deck is divided into at least two rectangular partial regions, and each partial region has an accommodation channel for a reinforcement strip, which is disposed in the diagonal of the partial region.
Claims10
A pallet for storage and transport of goods, comprising;
- an upper deck that serves as a standing surface for the goods;
- standing feet assembled onto an underside of the upper deck at edges of the upper deck, said edges comprising first and second longitudinal side edges and first and second short side edges;
- and
- first, second, third, fourth and fifth accommodation channels formed into the upper deck;
- and
- at least two reinforcement strips secured via the standing feet in at least two of the accommodation channels respectively;
- wherein each of the at least two reinforcement strips has the same length and ends slanting at an acute angle;
- wherein the upper deck is divided into at least first and second rectangular partial regions, the first partial region having said first accommodation channel disposed diagonally in the first partial region, and the second partial region having said second accommodation channel disposed diagonally in the second partial region;
- wherein the third accommodation channel is disposed along a border between the first and second partial region;
- wherein the fourth and fifth accommodation channels are respectively disposed along the first and second longitudinal side edges of the upper deck;
- and
- wherein the partial regions are configured so that all of the accommodation channels run from one of the standing feet disposed at one of the edges of the pallet to one of the standing feet disposed at an opposite one of the edges.
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