Delivery and merchandising system
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsKyle Baltz, John Zelek
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Abstract
A pallet includes a deck having an upper surface for supporting goods thereon. The deck includes a plurality of ribs extending downward. According to one feature, the ribs may form plurality of stringers extending downward below the deck. Some of the ribs may be shorter in order to form a notch at each end of the stringers for engaging supports in a rack. In another feature, a plurality of locating features project upward from the surface of the deck. The plurality of locating features may each be generally in the shape of a pyramid for being received in the recessed bases of stackable plastic milk jugs.
Claims21
A pallet comprising:
- a deck having an upper surface for supporting goods thereon, the deck including a plurality of ribs extending downward;
- and
- a plurality of stringers extending downward below the deck, wherein the stringers project downward below a lower surface of the deck, each stringer including a plurality of floor-contacting columns and extending downward below the lower surface of the deck between the columns, wherein the stringers each include a notch at each outermost end, each notch opening downward and outward and configured to engage a support in a rack.
A pallet comprising:
- a deck having an upper surface for supporting goods thereon, the deck including a plurality of ribs extending downward, wherein the deck includes an upper wall, the plurality of ribs extending downward from the upper wall;
- and
- a plurality of stringers extending downward below the deck, a subset of the plurality of ribs extending further downward from the upper wall of the deck to form the stringers, wherein the stringers each include a notch at each outermost end, each notch opening downward and outward and configured to engage a support in a rack, each notch formed by intermediate ribs extending downward from the upper wall less than the subset of the plurality of ribs that form a main portion of the stringers, wherein the intermediate ribs are at the outermost ends of the stringers.
A pallet comprising:
- a deck having an upper surface for supporting goods thereon, the deck including a plurality of ribs extending downward;
- a plurality of stringers extending downward below the deck;
- and
- end walls extending upward from end edges of the deck, a plurality of convex ribs on an outer surface of the end walls, wherein the convex ribs are generally vertical and generally perpendicular to the deck, wherein the convex ribs each have a convex outer edge.
In combination:
- A pallet comprising a deck having an upper surface for supporting goods thereon, the deck including a plurality of ribs extending downward, the pallet further comprising a plurality of stringers extending downward below the deck;
- and
- a dolly having at least two wheels supporting a body portion, a handle extending through the pallet and connecting to the body portion of the dolly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.