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US 9,169,040 B2Granted
Nestable pallet and stackable sleeve pack
AssigneeDale Evans Inc.
InventorsDale Evans, Andrew Prell
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Abstract
A nestable pallet includes a first frame, at least one corner foot extending away from the frame, and at least one off-set corner foot extending away from the frame. The at least one corner foot being complementary with the at least one off-set corner foot, such that the pallet is nestable with a substantially identical pallet in a first nesting configuration and a second nesting configuration. In a preferred embodiment, the first frame includes a structural sheet fixed to the frame.
Claims19
A nestable pallet comprising:
- a first frame;
- at least one corner foot extending away from said frame;
- at least one off-set corner foot extending away from said frame, said at least one corner foot being complementary with said at least one off-set corner foot, such that the pallet is nestable with a substantially identical pallet in a first nesting configuration by inserting the at least one corner foot of the nestable pallet into a corner foot of the substantially identical pallet and in a second nesting configuration by orientating the nestable pallet relatively to a substantially identical pallet less than 180 degrees from an unnestable orientation in which said at least one corner foot of the nestable pallet is aligned with at least one corner foot of the substantially identical pallet and said at least one off-set corner foot of the nestable pallet is aligned with at least one off-set corner foot of the substantially identical pallet to a nestable orientation in which the at least one corner foot of the substantially identical pallet is aligned with a receiving area adjacent said at least one off-set corner foot of the nestable pallet and the at least one off-set corner foot of the substantially identical pallet is aligned with a receiving area adjacent said at least corner foot of the nestable pallet;
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- a first indicator associated with a first side of said nestable pallet and a second indicator associated with an adjacent second side of said nestable pallet, wherein alignment of said first indicator with a second indicator associated with a second side of said substantially identical pallet indicates said pallet is oriented for nesting with said substantially identical pallet in the first nesting configuration, said first indicator being distinguishable from said second indicator.
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A nestable pallet comprising:
- a first frame having an inside surface and molded to have a material thickness of less than about 0.200 inches;
- at least one corner foot extending away from said frame;
- at least one off-set corner foot extending away from said frame, said at least one corner foot being complementary with said at least one off-set corner foot, such that the pallet is nestable with a substantially identical pallet in first nesting configuration by inserting the at least one corner foot of the nestable pallet into a corner foot of the substantially identical pallet and in a second nesting configuration by orientating the nestable pallet relative to a substantially identical pallet less than 180 degrees from an unnestable orientation in which said at least one corner foot of the nestable pallet is aligned with at least one corner foot of the substantially identical pallet and said at least one off-set corner foot of the nestable pallet is aligned with at least one off-set corner foot of the substantially identical pallet to a nestable orientation in which the at least one corner foot of the substantially identical pallet is aligned with a receiving area adjacent said at least one off-set corner foot of the nestable pallet and the at least one off-set corner foot of the substantially identical pallet is aligned with a receiving area adjacent said at least corner foot of the nestable pallet;
- a first indicator associated with a first side of said nestable pallet and a second indicator associated with an adjacent second side of said nestable pallet, wherein alignment of said first indicator with a second indicator associated with a second side of said substantially identical pallet indicates said pallet is oriented for nesting with said substantially identical pallet in the first nesting configuration, said first indicator being distinguishable from said second indicator and
- a structural sheet fixed to said first frame and forming a load support surface over said inside surface, said structural sheet increasing rigidity of said first frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.