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US 8,739,706 B2Granted
Plastic pallet
AssigneeGeorg Utz Holding AG
InventorsJean-Marc Dubois, Yves Hug, Boris Schwab
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Abstract
A plastic pallet includes a hollow lower part provided with ribs and runners, and an upper part provided with ribs and welded to the lower part. The lower part has a recessed border and the upper part has an edge that is bent downwards, covering the edge of the lower part.
Claims10
A plastic pallet comprising:
- a hollow lower part having ribs, runners and a circumferential border, and
- an upper part having a rib and welded to the lower part,
- wherein the border of the lower part has a protruding circumferential shoulder and is recessed in relation to the upper part, and
- wherein the upper part has a circumferential downwardly bent edge which encompasses the border of the lower part and a front end of the bent edge is supported on the protruding shoulder and the front end is welded on the protruding shoulder to provide a smooth full-surface connection between the front end of the bent edge and the protruding shoulder, and
- wherein an upper edge of the border is welded to a bottom side of the upper part, forming a crumple zone between the bent edge of the upper part and the border of the lower part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.