Cushioned skid

• US 3,101,063 A
• Filed: 11/09/1960
• Issued: 08/20/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Thomas P. Wharton
• Original Assignee: Thomas P. Wharton
• Inventors: Wharton, Thomas P.
• Application Number:
  US04/068,174
• Time in Patent Office: 1,014 Days
• US Class Current: 108/57.12
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 19/40 Elements for spacing platforms from supporting surface
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/24 for spacing bases of containers from supporting surfaces, e.g. legs for pallets B65D19/40
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00079 Combination, e.g. different elements made of different materials, laminates
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00288 made of one piece
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00293 made of more than one piece
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00323 made of more than one piece
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00333 contact surface having a stringer-like shape
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00338 contact surface having a discrete foot-like shape
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00562 chemical connection, e.g. glued, welded, sealed
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00567 mechanical connection, e.g. snap-fitted
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00572 with separate auxiliary element, e.g. screws, nails, bayonets

Claims

1. A CUSHIONED CARGO DEVICE INCLUDING A CONTAINER IN WHICH GOODS MAY BE PLACED, A PLURALITY OF CUSHIONING SKIDS ATTACHED TO THE CONTAINER TO ABSORB SHOCK AND PREVENT DAMAGE TO LADING DISPOSED THEREIN, EACH SKID INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED MAIN FRAME HAVING A CENTRAL PORTION ATTACHED TO THE CONTAINER AND TWO SLOTTED SIDE PORTIONS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE CENTRAL PORTION, A FOOT MEMBER HAVING BOLT-LIKE MEMBERS ATTACHED THERETO AND EXTENDING THEREFROM, SAID FOOT MEMBER BEING DISPOSED WITH THE SPACE LYING BETWEEN SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID U-SHAPED MAIN FRAME, SAID BOLT-LIKE MEMBERS EXTENDING THROUGH THE SLOTS OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID U-SHAPED MAIN FRAME, A PIECE OF RESILIENT MATERIAL DISPOSED UNDER COMPRESSION BETWEEN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID U-SHAPED MAIN FRAME AND SAID FOOT MEMBER, AND A PAIR OF END PLATES ATTACHED TO THE U-SHAPED MAIN FRAME AT THE ENDS THEREOF WHEREBY SAID PIECE OF RESILIENT MATERIAL IS ENCASED WITHIN THE SPACE DEFINED BY THE U-SHAPED MAIN FRAME AND THE FOOT MEMBER.