Advanced logistics pallet and method of assembly and repair thereof
First Claim
1. An aerial delivery device comprising:
- a frame, a top skin, a bottom skin; and
a core associated with the top skin, and bottom skin, said core having a geometric arrangement of cells, said cells having a cavity defined by walls which extend at least partially between the top skin and the bottom skin.
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Abstract
An aerial delivery device which includes a frame, a top skin, a bottom skin, and a core associated with the top skin, and bottom skin. The core includes a spatial arrangement of, for example, geometric cells, having a cavity defined by walls which extend at least partially between the top skin and the bottom skin. A frame that provides a substantially contiguous boarder around a perimeter of the core may be included. The present invention includes a method of assembly, maintenance, and/or repair of an aerial delivery device, wherein a top skin, a bottom skin, an aerial delivery device frame, and/or additional parts associated with aerial delivery, are associated with one another and/or the core material or replacement core material and device elements.
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20 Claims
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1. An aerial delivery device comprising:
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a frame, a top skin, a bottom skin; and a core associated with the top skin, and bottom skin, said core having a geometric arrangement of cells, said cells having a cavity defined by walls which extend at least partially between the top skin and the bottom skin. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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13. An aerial delivery device comprising:
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a core having a plurality of geometric cavities defined by a wall, said wall extends in a substantially perpendicular direction relative to a top skin and a bottom skin; a frame which includes a pair of end rails and a pair of side rails, said frame providing a substantially contiguous boarder around a perimeter of the core; and an association between portions of the top skin, the bottom skin, the frame, and the core.
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19. An aerial delivery device assembly method comprising:
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providing a frame which includes two end rails and two side rails; providing a prepared bottom skin; preparing the frame; associating the prepared bottom skin with the frame; providing a core which includes a geometric arrangement of cells having cavities defined by walls; associating the core with the frame and bottom skin association such that the cell walls extend in a direction substantially away from the bottom skin; providing a prepared top skin; associating the prepared top skin with the associated core and frame; pressing the associated bottom skin, frame, core, and top skin for a pre-determined length of time; and removing the aerial delivery device from press.
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20. An aerial delivery device repair method comprising:
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inspecting an aerial delivery device; identifying repair areas; determining a periphery of the repair areas; removing a first side skin within the periphery of the repair areas; removing a second side skin directly across from and outside the dimensions of the first side skin periphery of the repair area if necessary; removing a portion of the core; preparing skin exposed by removal of core; associating a replacement core portion with bottom skin exposed by removal of damaged core; and associating a replacement top skin panel with top skin and core.
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