Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Industrial platform
Patent
1998-08-20
1999-12-21
Ball, Michael W.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Industrial platform
10851717, 1562746, 1562748, B65D 1938
Patent
active
060034483
ABSTRACT:
In accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the invention, there is provided a wooden pallet having parallel ends, parallel sides, a top deck for receiving a load and a bottom deck parallel with the top deck. The pallet further includes at least two continuous stringers between the top and bottom decks to maintain said decks in spaced relationship, the stringers extending longitudinally between the ends of the pallet and wherein each stringer is constructed of continuous wood stock assembled from face laminated, glued scrap wood strips of random length. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, at least one of the decks comprises a plurality of parallel, spaced apart boards extending transversely between the sides of the pallet and wherein each board is constructed of wood stock assembled from face laminated glued scrap wood strips of random length.
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Ball Michael W.
G. W. Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Tolin Michael A.
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