Plastic pallet
First Claim
1. A pallet made of a thermoplastic material, the pallet fabricated by joining together a plurality of individually fabricated structural components, each of the structural components being individually thermoformed from an extruded plastic parison having a multilayer structure, the structural components comprising:
- (a) a deck (2) in the form of a continuous sheet having a longitudinal side (14), a transverse side (15), and top and bottom surfaces,(b) at least one upper runner component (3) having top and bottom surfaces, each said upper runner component (3) comprising a cross member (8) having downward-facing posts (7) and being fastened by its said top surface to said bottom surface of said deck (2), and(c) at least one lower runner component (4), each said lower runner component (4) comprisinq a cross member (8) having upward-facing posts (7), each said upward-facing post fastened to one said downward-facing post of a corresponding said upper runner component (3).
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Abstract
A pallet fabricated made of a thermoplastic material is produced by joining together individually fabricated structural components, each individually thermoformed from an extruded plastic parison of a multilayer structure. The structural components include a deck in the form of a continuous sheet with longitudinal and transverse sides, one or more upper runner components fastened by their top side to the bottom of the deck, each of which includes a cross member with downward-facing posts, and one or more lower runner components, each of which includes a cross member with upward-facing posts and which is fastened by the tops of its posts to the bottoms of matching posts on the corresponding upper runner components.
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27 Claims
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1. A pallet made of a thermoplastic material, the pallet fabricated by joining together a plurality of individually fabricated structural components, each of the structural components being individually thermoformed from an extruded plastic parison having a multilayer structure, the structural components comprising:
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(a) a deck (2) in the form of a continuous sheet having a longitudinal side (14), a transverse side (15), and top and bottom surfaces, (b) at least one upper runner component (3) having top and bottom surfaces, each said upper runner component (3) comprising a cross member (8) having downward-facing posts (7) and being fastened by its said top surface to said bottom surface of said deck (2), and (c) at least one lower runner component (4), each said lower runner component (4) comprisinq a cross member (8) having upward-facing posts (7), each said upward-facing post fastened to one said downward-facing post of a corresponding said upper runner component (3). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A pallet made of a thermoplastic material, the pallet fabricated by joining together a plurality of individually fabricated structural components, each of the structural components being individually thermoformed from an extruded plastic parison having a multilayer structure, the structural components comprising:
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(a) a deck (2) in the form of a continuous sheet having two longitudinal sides (14) of a first length, two transverse sides (15) of a second length, and top and bottom surfaces, (b) at least two upper runner components (3), each said upper runner component comprising top and bottom surfaces and a cross member (8) having downward-facing posts (7), having a length substantially equal to said second length, and being fastened by said top surface to said bottom surface of said deck (2), each said upper runner component disposed substantially parallel to a said transverse side, and (c) at least two lower runner components (4) comprising a cross member (8) having upward-facing posts (7), each said upward-facing post fastened to one said downward-facing post of a corresponding said upper runner component (3). - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A pallet made of a thermoplastic material, the pallet fabricated by joining together a plurality of individually fabricated structural components, each of the structural components being individually thermoformed from an extruded plastic parison having a multilayer structure, the structural components comprising:
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(a) a deck (2) in the form of a continuous sheet having two longitudinal sides (14) of a first length, two transverse sides (15) of a second length, and top and bottom surfaces, (b) at least two upper runner components (3), each said upper runner component comprising top and bottom surfaces and a cross member (8) having downward-facing posts (7), one said upper runner component having a length substantially equal to said second length, being fastened by its said top surface to said bottom surface of said deck (2), and disposed substantially parallel to a said transverse side, and the other said upper runner component having a length substantially equal to said first length, being fastened by its said top surface to said bottom surface of said deck (2), and disposed substantially parallel to a said longitudinal side, and (c) at least two lower runner components (4) comprising a cross member (8) having upward-facing posts (7), each said upward-facing post fastened to one said downward-facing post of a corresponding said upper runner component (3).
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