Transport pallet

• US 20080143514A1
• Filed: 06/15/2007
• Published: 06/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schoeller Wavin Systems Services GmbH
• Original Assignee: Schoeller Wavin Systems Services GmbH
• Inventors: Valentinsson, Anders Lenart
• Granted Patent: US 7,841,281 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 19/0014 forming discontinuous or non-planar contact surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2203/10 Transponders
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00034 Plastic
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00069 Plastic
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00104 Plastic
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00129 Metal
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00273 made of more than 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: B65D 2519/00348 contact surface of other form
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00373 whereby at least one spacer is made of one piece
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00407 on the load supporting surface
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00417 on the non-integral separating spacer
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00442 on the base surface
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00562 chemical connection, e.g. glued, welded, sealed
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00791 handles, handgrip holes
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/0086 Protection against environmental hazards, e.g. humidity, bacteria, fire

Abstract

A pallet for the movement of goods includes several individual parts connected to one another, including a loading part, which comprises a a loading surface and a reinforcement section. The goods to be transported are placed on the loading surface of the loading part, and the reinforcement section is positioned below the loading part, along with a frame section, comprising a frame center section and a frame floor section. The pallet may be formed from a fire retardant material and may include a transponder for locating the pallet.

Claims

1. A pallet for the movement of goods, comprising:

an upper section having a loading part with a loading surface and a reinforcement section, wherein the loading surface and the reinforcement section have a material-fit connection to each other;

a frame section comprising a frame center section and a frame floor section, wherein the frame center section and the frame floor section are connected to each other;

wherein the frame center section corresponds to the size of the loading surface and, at least at its corners, has spacers which point to the upper section and have a material-fit connection via the frame section to the upper section, wherein the spacers have end-face elevations inwardly offset stepwise, and the reinforcement section has, at its lower surface, recesses for accommodating the elevations; and

wherein the frame center section has a material-fit connection to the reinforcement section in the area of at least one of the spacers and the end-face elevations.

2. The pallet in accordance with claim 1, wherein the loading part, the reinforcement section, the frame center section and the frame floor section are formed from one of a plastic, a polymer and a resin.

3. The pallet in accordance with claim 2, wherein said pallet is formed from a fire retardant material.

4. The pallet in accordance with claim 2, wherein said one of a plastic, a polymer and a resin includes a fire retardant additive.

5. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein said fire retardant additive comprises one of a brominated flame retardant and an antimony trioxide synergist.

6. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein at least a first welding rib is molded to the end faces of the spacers, wherein the at least one welding rib points toward the reinforcement section and serves as welding material during welding of the frame center section to the reinforcement section.

7. The pallet in accordance with claim 6, wherein at least a second welding rib is molded to the end faces of the elevations, wherein the at least one welding rib points toward the reinforcement section and serves as welding material during welding of the frame center section to the reinforcement section.

8. The pallet in accordance with claim 7, wherein at least a third welding rib is provided at the reinforcement section in the area of the recesses for welding the frame center section to the reinforcement section.

9. The pallet in accordance with claim 8, wherein the third welding rib is comprised of multiple parts.

10. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the reinforcement section is adapted to be produced in a thermoforming process.

11. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the upper surface of the loading part is planar.

12. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the reinforcement section is tub-shaped and includes a tub floor, wherein the open side of the reinforcement section is limited by the loading part, wherein, in the area of the tub floor, a plurality of rib-like elevations is formed, said plurality of rib-like elevations being in contact with the loading part.

13. The pallet in accordance with claim 1, wherein the upper section has a plurality of handle openings.

14. The pallet in accordance with claim 13, wherein the loading part and the reinforcement section have a material-fit connection in the area of the handle openings.

15. The pallet in accordance with claim 1, including a transponder for tracking the location of the pallet.

16. The pallet in accordance with claim 15, wherein an outwardly sealed transponder cavity is provided at the pallet in the area of the spacers for accommodating said transponder, wherein at an exterior surface of the transponder cavity, the wall thickness is reduced at least from area to area.

17. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the reinforcement section has an impact reinforcement in the area of a side wall of the reinforcement section, wherein said reinforcement section is formed to be corrugated or rib-like at least from area to area.

18. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein handle recesses are provided at the reinforcement section.

19. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the reinforcement section comprises at least one anti-slipping rim for limiting slipping of goods present on the loading surface, said rim projecting over the upper side of the loading part.

20. The pallet in accordance with claim 19, wherein at least one anti-slipping rim recess is formed in the frame floor section, wherein a further pallet may be received in the recess during stacking of the anti-slipping rim.

21. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the pallet comprises at least four stiffening profiles made of metal.

22. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the frame section has at least four bar-like carriers, wherein stiffening profiles are arranged in the bar-like carriers.

23. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the reinforcement section is producible in a thermoforming process.

24. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the upper surface of the loading part is planar.

25. The pallet in accordance with claim 4, wherein the reinforcement section is tub-shaped and includes a tub floor, wherein the open side of the reinforcement section is limited by the loading part, wherein a plurality of rib-like elevations is formed in the area of the tub floor, said plurality of rib-like elevations being in contact with the loading part.

26. The pallet in accordance with claim 5, wherein the reinforcement section is producible in a thermoforming process.

27. The pallet in accordance with claim 5, wherein the upper surface of the loading part is planar.

28. The pallet in accordance with claim 5, wherein the reinforcement section is tub-shaped and includes a tub floor, wherein the open side of the reinforcement section is limited by the loading part, wherein, in the area of the tub floor, a plurality of rib-like elevations is formed, said plurality of rib-like elevations being in contact with the loading part.