PALLET

• US 3,677,200 A
• Filed: 01/04/1971
• Issued: 07/18/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Daniel T. Coccagna, Salah Eldin A. El Damati
• Original Assignee: Daniel T. Coccagna, Salah Eldin A. El Damati
• Inventors: Coccagna, Daniel T., El Damati, Salah Eldin A.
• Primary Examiner(s): McCall, James T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Finch, Glenn O.
• Application Number:
  US05/103,455
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• Field of Search: 108/51-58
• US Class Current: 108/53.5
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 19/0038 and each contact surface having a stringer-like shape
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 19/385 Frames, corner posts or pallet converters, e.g. for facilitating stacking of charged pallets
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00034 Plastic
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00069 Plastic
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00268 made of one piece
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00288 made of one piece
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00318 made of one piece
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00333 contact surface having a stringer-like shape
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 108/901 Synthetic plastic industrial platform, e.g. pallet

Abstract

A pallet formed from plastic material including means to permit four-way entry. Encircled sockets are provided on two side faces of the pallet to permit the tines of a forklift truck to engage the pallet. The other two side faces of the pallet have openings to permit the tines of a hand truck to enter and engage the pallet. The pallet is constructed and arranged to provide substantial structural strength with minimum weight and is provided with a top non-skid surface.

Claims

1. A pallet comprising a load supporting member, said member having a top face and a bottom face, three support beams, each of said support beams being connected to said load supporting member at said bottom face, two of said support beams lying along opposite edges of said load supporting member, said third support beam being disposed therebetween in substantially parallel relation to said two support beams, three base supports, each of said base supports being disposed transversely of said support beams and in mutually parallel relation to each other, two of said base supports lying along opposite edges of said load supporting member, said third base support lying intermediate said first two base supports and being substantially parallel thereto, each of said base supports being spaced from said bottom face and said suppOrt beams by a plurality of webs, said webs coupling said base supports to said support beams, said pallet having spaced parallel elongated sockets for receiving the tines of a forklift truck, each of said sockets being defined by said bottom face, said support beams, said base supports and said webs, said sockets being parallel to said support beams, spaced elongated openings defined between adjacent base supports, one side of each of said openings comprising said support beams and the opposite side being open so that the tines of a hand truck can be received therein, said load support being a generally rectangular member, a plurality of spaced parallel grooves formed in said top face, said grooves being substantially equidistant from each other and providing a non-skid surface, said bottom face being continuous, said third base support being about as wide as the sum of the widths of said first two base supports, and said load supporting member, said support beams, said webs and said base supports are integrally formed from the same material.

2. A pallet as set forth in claim 1 wherein said pallet is provided with holes at the corners thereof, coaxial holes being provided in the outer base supports of said pallet to permit spacers to enter said holes to thereby facilitate stacking of pallets when uneven loads are provided on said pallet.