Modular pallet
First Claim
1. A pallet comprising plural pallet members in each of two opposed first and second deck sections, said first deck section is defined by four substantially rectangular pallet members having respective major and minor axes and said second deck section is defined by four rectangular pallet members having respective major and minor axes;
- each of said pallet members defining said first deck section is coupled to two of said pallet members defining said second deck section and in overlapping relationship therewith each of said pallet members defining said second deck section is coupled to two of said pallet members defining said first deck section and in overlapping relationship therewith; and
wherein the major axis of each pallet member is parallel to the major axis of one of the pallet members to which it is coupled and a minor axis of the other pallet member to which it is coupled.
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Abstract
A modular pallet is made up of plural injection molded plastic pallet members, each of which has a plurality of posts spaced apart from each other and depending from a deck portion of the pallet member. The pallet members may be rectangular, square or of irregular shape but operable to provide either a square or rectangular shaped pallet when arranged in predetermined patterns in opposing deck sections of the pallet. The pallet members have cooperating projections and recesses formed in respective ones of the posts and the pallet members of one deck section overlie and interlock with at least two pallet members of the other deck section. Releasable fasteners comprising deflectable tines may be projected through openings in the cooperating projections and recesses of each pallet member to secure the pallet members of the opposing deck sections to each other to form the assembled modular pallet. The pallets may be square or rectangular and made up of plural identical pallet members in each deck section or no more than two different pallet members used to form a deck section.
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17 Claims
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1. A pallet comprising plural pallet members in each of two opposed first and second deck sections, said first deck section is defined by four substantially rectangular pallet members having respective major and minor axes and said second deck section is defined by four rectangular pallet members having respective major and minor axes;
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each of said pallet members defining said first deck section is coupled to two of said pallet members defining said second deck section and in overlapping relationship therewith each of said pallet members defining said second deck section is coupled to two of said pallet members defining said first deck section and in overlapping relationship therewith; and wherein the major axis of each pallet member is parallel to the major axis of one of the pallet members to which it is coupled and a minor axis of the other pallet member to which it is coupled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A pallet comprising two opposed, generally square shaped deck sections, each of said deck sections being made up of four pallet members, each of said pallet members defining a corner of said deck section, each of said pallet members being adjacent to two other pallet members of the same deck section and being diagonally opposite the remaining pallet member of said same deck section, each of said pallet members defining one of said deck sections is coupled to two of said pallet members defining the other of said deck sections and in overlapping relationship therewith and each of said pallet members defining said other deck section is coupled to two of said pallet members defining said one deck section and in overlapping relationship therewith;
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each of said pallet members including a deck portion and a plurality of posts projecting substantially normal to said deck portion, each of said posts including at least one of a projection and recess formed thereon and cooperating with a corresponding one of a recess and projection of an opposed pallet member of the opposed deck section; and plural fastener members operable to releasably interconnect said deck sections at selected ones of said posts for securing said deck sections together to form a modular pallet wherein any one of said pallet members defining a corner of either of said deck sections maybe replaced by an identical pallet member to form said pallet.
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