Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Industrial platform
Patent
1996-07-31
1997-11-11
Chen, Jose V.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Industrial platform
108 513, 108 561, 108901, B65D 1900
Patent
active
056852339
ABSTRACT:
A light weight pallet assembly extruded from a recyclable, thermoplastic material is provided for storing, handling and transporting heavy or bulky articles. The pallet assembly includes at least two elongate, generally hollow runners, a plurality of support bars, and fastening members for coupling the support bars to the runners. Each runner includes an upper load supporting surface, a lower surface, a pair of opposed lateral surfaces and at least one, and preferably two, transverse ribs connecting the opposed lateral surfaces. A plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures are formed through at least one of the opposed lateral surfaces of the runner for receiving a respective one of the support bars therein. A plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures are formed through the upper surface of the runner and in at least a portion of at least some of the support bars for receiving the fastening members. The fastening members may be secured with an adhesive or may be press fit. The fastening members are removable to repair a damaged pallet assembly, or to return empty pallets to the owner. The support bars and the upper surface of each runner may be provided with an anti-skid surface for protecting a user walking on the pallet. The opposed ends of each runner may be closed to prevent injury to persons and property, and to prevent foreign objects of any appreciable size, such as the tongues of a forklift, from penetrating the open ends of the runners. A pair of longitudinally spaced recesses may also be formed in the opposed lateral surfaces and the lower surface of each runner so that the pallet assembly may be engaged by the tongues of a forklift from any of four different, orthogonal directions. A spacer pallet assembly is also disclosed.
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Chen José V.
Dougherty Ralph H.
Dremann Christopher C.
Milbe Products, Inc.
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