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US 8,800,456 B2Granted
T3 for a shipping platform
AssigneeCHEP Technology Pty Limited
InventorsJohn Thomas Storteboom, Oivind Brockmeier, Brandon M. D'Emidio, Timothy R. Proulx, Gregory S. Burkett, Jeffrey R. Chapin, Kenneth M. Brandt
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Abstract
A system may include a bottom deck to a shipping platform. The system may also include a block joined to the bottom deck, and a top deck joined to the block. The system may further include a T3 panel carried by the top deck that is structurally different from the top deck and does not extend to two ends of the top deck.
Claims17
A system comprising:
- a bottom deck to a shipping platform;
- a block joined to the bottom deck;
- a top deck joined to the block;
- and
- a T3 panel carried by the top deck that is structurally different from the top deck and does not extend to two ends of the top deck
- wherein the T3 panel comprises a plastic-metal composite;
- wherein a metal component of the plastic-metal composite provides structural support for the T3 panel.
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A method comprising:
- providing a shipping platform;
- joining a T3 panel structurally different from the shipping platform's top deck to the top deck;
- and
- providing structural support for the T3 panel via a metal component.
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A system comprising:
- a bottom deck to a shipping platform;
- a block joined to the bottom deck;
- a wooden top deck joined to the block;
- and
- a T3 panel carried by the top deck that is structurally different from the top deck and does not extend to two ends of the top deck, and where the T3 panel comprises at least one of plastic, plastic-metal composite, metal, and plywood;
- wherein a metal component of the plastic-metal composite provides structural support for the T3 panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.