COVER
First Claim
1. A cover for covering an associated pallet of material where in the associated pallet of material has a pallet length, a pallet width and a pallet height, said cover comprising a top panel having two parallel side edges and two parallel end edges that are transverse to said side edges, said cover further including a first side panel attached to one of said two parallel side edges and a second side panel attached to the other of said two parallel side edges, a first end panel attached to one of said two parallel end edges and a second end panel attached to the other of said two parallel end edges, said first and second side panels having side edges joined to said end panels such that said cover has a generally rectangular and downwardly facing opening shaped to receive the associated pallet of material.
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Abstract
A cover for covering an associated pallet of material wherein the associated pallet of material has a pallet length, a pallet width and a pallet height. The cover having a top panel with two parallel side edges and two parallel end edges that are transverse to the side edges. The cover further including a first side panel attached to one of the two parallel side edges and a second side panel attached to the other of the two parallel side edges and a first end panel attached to one of the two parallel end edges and a second end panel attached to the other of the two parallel end edges. The first and second side panels having side edges joined to the end panels such that the cover has a generally rectangular and downwardly facing opening shaped to receive the associated pallet of material.
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- 1. A cover for covering an associated pallet of material where in the associated pallet of material has a pallet length, a pallet width and a pallet height, said cover comprising a top panel having two parallel side edges and two parallel end edges that are transverse to said side edges, said cover further including a first side panel attached to one of said two parallel side edges and a second side panel attached to the other of said two parallel side edges, a first end panel attached to one of said two parallel end edges and a second end panel attached to the other of said two parallel end edges, said first and second side panels having side edges joined to said end panels such that said cover has a generally rectangular and downwardly facing opening shaped to receive the associated pallet of material.
- 24. A cover for covering an associated pallet of material wherein the associated pallet of material includes a skid and a load of material on the skid, the associated pallet of material having a pallet height which is a combination of a skid height of the skid and a load height of the load of material, a pallet length, a pallet width and a pallet height, said cover comprising a top horizontal panel having peripheral edges with vertical panels extending downwardly from said peripheral edges such that each said vertical panel is joined to an adjacent vertical panel at a vertical joint, said vertical panels having a height extending from said top panel to a downwardly facing opening shaped to receive the associated pallet of material and having an opening seam with a seam length extending about said opening, said seam including a means for securing said cover relative to the associated said pallet of material wherein said securing means reduces said seam length.
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32. A method of covering a pallet of material that is used at a jobsite wherein the pallet of material is exposed to environmental conditions associated with the jobsite such as weather, said method including the steps of:
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providing a pallet of material that has a pallet length, a pallet width and a pallet height; providing a cover including a top panel having two parallel side edges and two parallel end edges that are transverse to said side edges, said cover further including a first side panel attached to one of said two parallel side edges and a second side panel attached to the other of said two parallel side edges, a first end panel attached to one of said two parallel end edges and a second end panel attached to the other of said two parallel end edges, said first and second side panels having side edges joined to said end panels such that said cover has a generally rectangular and downwardly facing opening shaped to receive said pallet of material; positioning said cover over said pallet of material such that said opening is facing down and said top panel is facing up; and
,securing said cover relative to said pallet.
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Specification