Patents Assigned to Food Machinery Equipment Corporation
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Patent number: 6516730Abstract: A corner protector system for use with a pallet protector encircling the periphery of at least one pallet. The corner protector system comprises at least one protector member having a pair of walls disposed generally perpendicularly to each other to form a corner. A right-angle corner shaped channel is provided in the bottom of the corner protector member to releasably accommodate a corner portion of the pallet protector. The corner member extends upward from the pallet protector and the pallet for good visibility to protect persons in the vicinity and to protect merchandise on the pallet.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2001Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Food Machinery Equipment CorporationInventor: Allen Mason
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Publication number: 20020174807Abstract: A pallet protector assembly for use with one or an array of plural conventional pallets. The pallet protector assembly comprising plural, e.g., at least four, elongated bar-like, hollow plastic, guard members. Each guard member is composed of a first section and a second, with each section having an exposed end portion. The first and second sections of each guard member are telescopically slidably coupled together and include a detent system, whereupon the length of the guard member can be adjusted and held in position against accidental displacement. The first end portion of the first section includes a first connector, e.g., a male member. The second end portion of the second section includes a second connector, e.g., a mating female connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2002Publication date: November 28, 2002Applicant: Food Machinery Equipment Corporation, d/b/a Mason Ways Indestructible PlasticsInventor: Allen Mason
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Patent number: 6408770Abstract: A pallet protector assembly for use with one or an array of plural conventional pallets. The pallet protector assembly comprising plural, e.g., at least four, elongated bar-like, hollow plastic, guard members. Each guard member is composed of a first section and a second, with each section having an exposed end portion. The first and second sections of each guard member are telescopically slidably coupled together, whereupon the length of the guard member can be adjusted. The first end portion of the first section includes a first connector, e.g., a male member. The second end portion of the second section includes a second connector, e.g., a mating female connector. The connectors of each of the guard members are arranged to be releasably securable to the connectors of the other guard members form a self-supporting frame for encircling the periphery of the pallet(s), with the guard members being resistant to accidental disconnection from each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2001Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: Food Machinery Equipment CorporationInventor: Allen Mason
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Patent number: 6234086Abstract: A pallet protector assembly for use with an array of A rows by B columns of pallets, e.g., conventional pallets such as wooden pallets, having a plurality of stringers disposed generally parallel to one another between upper and lower decks formed of plural spaced-apart deck-boards. Each pallet has a pair of sides and a pair of ends. The pallet protector assembly comprises plural elongated bar-like, hollow plastic, guard members, each of which has an opposed pair of end portions. Each end portion of each guard member includes a respective connector. One of the connectors is a cylindrical pin and the other a cylindrical hole. The pin of one of the two guard members is arranged to be matingly releasably received within a hole in another of the other guard members, and so forth and so on, to releasably secure all the guard members to one another to form a self-supporting frame encircling the periphery of the array of pallets.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2000Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Food Machinery Equipment CorporationInventor: Allen Mason
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Patent number: 6192807Abstract: A pallet protector assembly for use with a conventional pallet, e.g., a wooden pallet having a plurality of stringers disposed generally parallel to one another between upper and lower decks formed of plural spaced-apart deck-boards. The pallet has a pair of sides and a pair of ends. The pallet protector assembly comprising plural, e.g., four, elongated bar-like, hollow plastic, guard members, each which has an opposed pair of end portions. Each end portion of each guard member includes a respective connector. Both of the connectors of two of the guard member are bulbous key-like projections. Both of the connectors of the other two of the guard members are mating key-slot shaped recess. The bulbous key-like projections of the two guard members are arranged to be releasably received within respective recesses of the other two guard member to releasably secure the guard members to one another to form a self-supporting frame encircling the periphery of the pallet.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 1999Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: Food Machinery Equipment CorporationInventor: Allen Mason