Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Industrial platform
Patent
1998-12-03
2000-08-15
Wilkens, Janet M.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Industrial platform
108901, 24834602, B65D 1900
Patent
active
061019550
ABSTRACT:
A plastic pallet cover is specially formed as a one-piece, high-strength device for ideally isolating a pallet load from the wood surface of a pallet. The pallet cover thereby protects the load from being contaminated by any bacteria, mold, or other disease-causing agents on the pallet, and provides a safe and sanitary surface for the storage and transport of food product loads such as shellfish or other edible products susceptible to contamination. The pallet cover is preferably made of plastic formed by the molding process to include a horizontal upper surface which fits over a conventional wooden pallet to isolate the pallet from the load, as well as a grid of internal ribs and edge walls to provide strength, rigidity, and positional stability. Additionally, the upper surface of the pallet cover includes raised extrusions to improve the friction grip on the pallet load, as well as drainage and weep holes to prevent contaminating fluids from collecting, stagnating and comingling on the surface of the isolating cover or on the underlying pallet.
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Cottone James F.
Wilkens Janet M.
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