Stacking Patents (Class 108/53.1)
  • Patent number: 11472599
    Abstract: The invention relates to a collapsible ring made of several side walls (15, 16) for a transportation container (11), which is positioned to stand on a palette base (12) of a transportation palette (13) and surrounds an interior (19) delimited by the side walls (15, 16), and at least one intermediate base (31) that can be arranged in the ring (14) in a usage position (32) and having at least one releasable connection (34) formed between the side wall (15, 16) and the intermediate base (31), said connection being formed by at least one holding element (36), wherein adjacent and/or opposing side walls (15, 16) are held by the releasable connection (34) at a distance to the intermediate base (31), and the intermediate base (31) is simultaneously positioned by the releasable connection (34) to the usage position (32) in relation to the adjacent side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: DUROtherm Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Alexander Hartl
  • Patent number: 11305912
    Abstract: A pallet having excellent thermal insulation performance and cushioning property with respect to goods-conveyed while ensuring the strength of the outer surface of the pallet. The pallet includes a plate-like pallet body made of foamed resin, the plurality of legs provided on the bottom surface of the pallet body, and the resin sheet integrated from the bottom surface side of the pallet body by vacuum-forming. Further, the top surface of the pallet body includes the loading surface on which goods-conveyed are placed, and the step portion formed in a shape down-step from the outer peripheral edge of the loading surface to the side surface of the pallet body. The resin sheet covers the bottom surface of the pallet body, the legs, the side surface and the step portion of the pallet body, and the loading surface is not covered with the resin sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOHO INDUSTRIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Daisuke Kondo, Toru Oda, Toru Ibayashi, Hironori Nitta, Daichi Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 11214402
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a modular deck system that utilizes a combination of a movable platform having a plurality of vertical posts with engagement members. Decks, filled with freight, can be placed onto the vertical posts at various heights at different sections of the movable platform using a conveyance vehicle. Further, the height of the vertical posts can be extended using an extension post for securing tall cargo. The decks can also be locked to the vertical posts to prevent dislodgement of the deck during transport of the movable platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE LOGISTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Bradley, Patrick Sullivan, Shannon Lively, Seth Galewyrick, Stonie Hopkins, Dylan Henderson, Brad Blackstone
  • Patent number: 11174070
    Abstract: A first pallet includes a deck and a peripheral wall extending downward from a periphery of the deck. A plurality of feet extend downward from the deck. Each of the feet includes a foot wall defining its periphery. An outer portion of each foot wall is coterminous with the peripheral wall of the deck. The deck includes an opening aligned with each of the plurality of feet. A second, wider pallet may be used with the first pallet. The second pallet may be stacked on the first pallet and vice versa. In the second pallet, the outer portion of the wall of each of the feet is spaced inward from the peripheral wall of the deck, such that the deck of the second pallet is wider than the deck of the first pallet, but the spacing and size of the feet of both decks are identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventors: Dane Gin Mun Kalinowski, Way Joe Lee
  • Patent number: 11027903
    Abstract: A molded container assembly includes a pallet, a molded container, and a plurality of connection systems. The pallet supports the molded container thereon and includes stacking alignment structure for stacking the pallet on another molded container assembly. The molded container includes a tank portion, several leg supports, and several buttresses. The tank portion includes several curved sidewalls and a fill opening. The leg supports include lower sections and upper sections that extend above the fill opening for spacing a pallet stacked on top of the molded container above the fill opening. The upper sections include pallet engaging structure for engaging pallets of at least two different types. The buttresses extend between the tank portion and the leg supports. The connection systems include washers that allow for shrinkage and expansion between the molded container and the pallet in a number of directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Snyder Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Herbert H. Spann, Darrell A. Oltman, Colin James Suiter
  • Patent number: 11021320
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a foldable double-deck frame container, which comprises a first and second end rails parallel with each other and a first corner post, the first corner post is located at an end of the frame container, the first and second end rails are located between two of the first corner posts, and the second end rail is located above the first end rail, the frame container further comprises a second corner post rotatably connected with the top end of the first corner post so that the second corner post is movable between an vertical position and a folded position. The foldable double-deck frame container according to the present invention has a first corner post and a second corner post, and the second corner post is foldable so as to be folded during the backhaul process from being damaged. Such a frame container has a simpler configuration, lower cost of manufacture, convenience of recovery and a broad range of application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: NANTONG CIMC-SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE CO., LTD., CHINA INTERNATIONAL MARINE CONTAINERS (GROUP) LTD., CIMC CONTAINERS HOLDING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Guoquan Lv, Xinlin Lu, Kwok Wai Ka Kelvin
  • Patent number: 10766698
    Abstract: A robotic parking device is described. The device includes a number of stacks of containers as shown in FIG. 3, the stacks being positioned within a frame structure including uprights and a horizontal grid disposed above the stacks, the grid having substantially perpendicular rails on which load handling devices can run. Cars or vehicles are positioned in containers that are moved in to and out of the stacks by the robotic handling devices running on the grid. The cars are put in to the grid at entry points that may be positioned at points under the stacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Lars Sverker Ture Lindbo, Andrew John Ingram-Tedd, Pawel Karolinczak, Matthew Whelan
  • Patent number: 10577149
    Abstract: A pallet comprising upper and lower platforms connected by a plurality of blocks. The upper platform includes a plurality of upper platform pedestals and the lower platform includes a plurality of lower platform pedestals. The lower platform pedestals are aligned with the upper platform pedestals such that the lower platform pedestals and the upper platform pedestals extend towards one another. The plurality of blocks interlockingly engage with and extend between the upper and lower platform pedestals to connect the upper and lower platforms. Each block includes an upper recess and a lower recess. The upper recess matches the shape of and receives one of the upper platform pedestals. The lower recess matches the shape of and receives one of the lower platform pedestals. The upper platform, the lower platform, and the plurality of blocks are made of a polymeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SR Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Zimmerman, Scott Drummond, Van T. Walworth
  • Patent number: 10526111
    Abstract: A collapsible, reusable bulk material container assembly, kit and method for assembling and using same are disclosed. Upper ring and base members are locked together by peripheral post members, forming an upright rigid framework that operatively supports a woven fabric bulk material receiving sleeve. A cover connected to the upper ring seals the container. Intermediate support bands may be attached to and along the post members to resist outwardly directed forces applied to the post members through the sleeve by contained bulk material. The container is reconfigurable to a collapsed storage or shipping module that retainably contains the post members, support bands and woven fabric sleeve. The post members may be segmentable or collapsible for containment within the collapsed module. Component parts of the container assembly are detachable, reusable and recyclable. One configuration of the container is sized to replace a conventional 55-gallon drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: RMC Jones LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Jones, Michael R. Jones
  • Patent number: 10464709
    Abstract: A pallet container for storing and transporting liquid contents includes a rigid thin-walled inner container made of thermoplastic, a tube grid frame tightly surrounding the plastic inner container as a supporting jacket, and a base pallet, on which the plastic container rests and to which the tube grid frame is securely connected. The base pallet includes an upper support plate of steel sheet, upper support pipes parallel and diagonally directly under the support plate, corner feet, central feet, and a base pipe assembly of steel pipes. The assembly circulating below the corner and central feet. At least one central foot has an outer central foot part and an inner central foot part fixed between the upper support pipes and the base-side circulating base pipe assembly in the final assembled state. Both central foot parts loosely engage into each other in a plugged formfitting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MAUSER-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Detlev Weyrauch, Lukas Wahmes
  • Patent number: 10443572
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for removing or installing a main shaft of a drivetrain assembly of a wind turbine to and from a nacelle installed atop a wind turbine tower. The rail system includes at least one support component configured to support the main shaft. Further, the support component is configured horizontally with respect to the main shaft. The rail system also includes at least one sliding component connected between the support component and the main shaft. Thus, the sliding component is configured to move horizontally with respect to the support component so as to slide the main shaft between an installed position and an uninstalled position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gregory Clarence Thomas, Richard Arland Ohl, Jr., Jonathan Paul Signore, Charles Wade Trojcak
  • Patent number: 10189601
    Abstract: A pallet for transporting a plurality of differently shaped parts is disclosed. The pallet including a rectangular base having a planar top surface, the top surface having a plurality of holes arranged thereon in a round staggered configuration, a bottom support connected to the underside of the rectangular base, each ski located along the underside of an edge of the rectangular bed, four rectangular pillars located at the four corners of the rectangular base and extending upwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Adam J. Grutt
  • Patent number: 10059515
    Abstract: A cargo rack for transferring loads between a marine vessel and an offshore marine platform (for example, oil and gas well drilling or production platform) provides a frame having a front, a rear, and upper and lower end portions. The lower end of the frame has a perimeter beam base, a raised floor and a pair of open-ended parallel fork tine tubes or sockets that communicate with the perimeter beam at the front and rear of the frame, preferably being structurally connected (e.g., welded) thereto. Openings in the perimeter beam base align with the forklift tine tubes or sockets. The frame includes a plurality of fixed side walls extending upwardly from the perimeter beam that include at least left and right side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Inventor: Daniel W. Ness
  • Patent number: 9932169
    Abstract: A foldable shipping container is provided. The foldable shipping container has improved locking mechanisms on the inside and outside of the shipping container to improve assembly and disassembly of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Compact Container Systems LLC
    Inventor: Joshua J. Kraft
  • Patent number: 9840349
    Abstract: A novel pallet construction and pallet moving system includes a rigid pallet including a linear conduit passing through the pallet between opposing sides of the pallet and open at the ends of the conduit. The conduit includes a removable lining to prevent destruction of the pallet and conduit during use. In alternative configurations, two offset conduits may be provided to accommodate other hardware and use constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: M2 CONCEPTS AND DESIGN LLC
    Inventors: Michael Marquis, Gary Marquis
  • Patent number: 9745099
    Abstract: A pallet for transporting products thereon includes a top having a product support surface and an opposing underside, and with outer sides extending between the product support surface and the opposing underside. The top includes a hand access hole extending through the top and located at a center of gravity of the pallet. Four feet each extend away from the underside of the top. Each foot has a first opening facing out through the product supporting surface for allowing stacking of such pallets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: CHEP Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: Sanjiv Takyar, Karl Michael Wesson, Gert Stuve, Jean-Marc van Maren
  • Patent number: 9727838
    Abstract: A system to be installed on a merchandising unit having one or more inventory zones, one or more units of product, one or more product sensors, a mounting structure, and an electromagnetic signal processor. The one or more inventory zones can present the one or more units of product in several different arrangements. The one or more product sensors, each at least associated operatively with one of the one or more inventory zones, converts a sensed quantity of the one or more units of product into a respective analog electromagnetic signal. The mounting structure secures the one or more product sensors to the merchandising unit relative to the one or more units of product so that the one or more product sensors sense a quantity of the one or more units of product. The electromagnetic signal processor in communication with the one or more product sensors can sample output from the one or more product sensors periodically and converts the analog signal into a digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Triangle Strategy Group, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Campbell
  • Patent number: 9688437
    Abstract: A cover for a stackable transport pallet, wherein a corner element is fastened at each of the corners of a main panel, the corner elements are injection moldings made of plastic, the corner elements include an L-shaped corner bearing element and a corner guide element molded. The corner bearing elements rest on the main panel, wherein the outer edges of the corner bearing elements terminate flush with the main panel, the corner guide elements can be recessed in a form-fitting manner in correspondingly shaped apertures in the main panel, wherein the upper side of the corner guide elements terminates flush with the upper side of the main panel, the thickness of the guide elements is greater than the thickness of the main panel by such an extent that those parts of the corner guide elements which project beneath the main panel butt against the inner sides of the transport pallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: MONTARA VERPACKEN MIT SYSTEM GMBH
    Inventor: Christoph Dimer
  • Patent number: 9504285
    Abstract: An eyelash holder includes a base and at least one eyelash mount supported on the base. The eyelash holder has a curved lateral side defining an eyelash positioning edge, and includes two holding slots being distal from one another and extending into the eyelash positioning edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Pro-Iroda Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Yu-Chih Lin
  • Patent number: 9447547
    Abstract: A mat having a non-wood core that provides strength and rigidity to the mat, and including a structure of a sheet, elongated members, a frame, compartments, or combinations thereof; and at least one outer layer associated with the core and made of a sheet, elongated members or combinations thereof, and typically wood. The core and outer layer(s) are integral or are joined together, and the structure of the core is made of one or more environmentally resistant materials to provide an extended service life when encountering rain, snow or other weather conditions that would eventually degrade wood. The mat has a load bearing capacity that is able to withstand a load of at least 500 to 800 psi or even 1000 psi without permanently deforming the core. Bumpers are preferably provided upon sides of the mat to protect them from damage due to transport or installation of the mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Inventor: Joe Penland, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9422085
    Abstract: A system for stacking freight within a shipping container is disclosed. The system comprises a first pallet configured to be removably affixed below and have vertical relief from a second pallet when the system is in a fully assembled state. The system also includes a second pallet configured to be removably affixed on top of and have vertical relief from the first pallet. The system also includes a plurality of support members vertically arranged to support the second pallet on top of the first pallet and provide vertical relief between the first and second pallets when the movable modular system is in the fully assembled state. A plurality of fasteners are used to removably attach the ends of crossing support members to the vertically arranged support members when the system is in the fully assembled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Inventors: William Spencer Kemmer, Jr., Darrin Labuda
  • Patent number: 9247809
    Abstract: A rack assembly has two support frames and at least one shelf that are secured to the support frames by connecting assemblies. Each connecting assembly comprises a well secured to a medial surface of each vertical tube of the support frame, and a hook that extends from each end of each shelf, with each hook having an opening extending therethrough. The connecting assembly also includes a connector that is seated inside each well, each connector having a top plate that has an elongated opening, the connector also having a body that is sized and configured to fit inside a well, the body defining two wings with a space between the wings, and wherein each wing has a bump positioned in the center of the inner surface of each wing that faces the space. Each hook is inserted through the elongated opening of a corresponding connector with the bump on each wing fitted inside the opening of the hook to retain the hook inside the body of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Seville Classics
    Inventor: Li-Han Hsu
  • Patent number: 9162797
    Abstract: A pallet comprises a deck having an upper support surface; a plurality of support members depending from the deck; pallet stacking structure for retaining a second pallet stacked on the pallet, and tray retaining and stacking structure for retaining a tray on the pallet. The pallet stacking structure includes a plurality of first recessed regions formed in the upper support surface for receiving support members of a second pallet stacked on the first pallet. The tray retaining and stacking structure includes a plurality of second recessed regions formed in the upper support surface of the pallet for receiving the legs of a tray when the tray is supported on the pallet. The second recessed regions are formed within the outer boundaries of the first recessed regions and are deeper than the first recessed regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SNYDER INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Rian Joseph Suiter, William Jay Skinner
  • Patent number: 8857634
    Abstract: A transport pallet comprising a chassis for supporting goods to be transported, and having feet extending below the chassis for supporting the chassis with a lifting fork space beneath the chassis. The pallet also includes legs provided around the perimeter of the chassis. The legs enable the pallets to be stacked one on another, and have a hollow upper portion and/or a hollow lower portion. Leg extensions are also provided for fitting into the hollow legs to provide separation between the chassis of the stacked pallets. These can be height adjusted. The pallets are generally made of steel or aluminium but can also be made of plastics material having a metal centre.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventor: Philip John Fox Harris
  • Patent number: 8851287
    Abstract: Universal members placed between containers having different stacking patterns permit stacking of these containers regardless of the type of container positioned as the bottom container. The universal members include an appropriate thickness and a plurality of openings configured to receive the different stacking patterns. Depending on the containers being stacked, the universal members may take different forms. For example, one universal member may include T-shaped openings while another universal member may include rectangular-shaped openings with offset members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Becklin Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis M. Becklin
  • Patent number: 8813659
    Abstract: A pallet includes a pallet body, a plurality of recesses formed in a bottom of the pallet body, two retention tabs mounted to the bottom of the pallet body and respectively extending downward from two opposite sides of each of the recesses, and a plurality of legs mounted to the retention tabs and respectively receivable in the recesses. The pallet includes the rotatable legs, so that in using the pallet, the legs are rotated out and the coupling pins are applied to fix the legs for supporting and when the pallet is not in use, the coupling pins are removed to allow the legs to rotate in order to set the legs in recesses, whereby the pallet occupies a reduced amount of space for storage and transportation and thus the capacity of storage and transportation can be improved to thus lower down transportation cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yicheng Kuo, Shihhsiang Chen, Jiahe Cheng, Chengwen Que, Qinjun Shi, Jiaxin Li
  • Patent number: 8752489
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a pallet construction having a body including a plurality of interconnected structural members defining at least an upper support surface, a bottom and a plurality of interconnecting sides. A plurality of stand-offs extend from underside projecting locations of the body in order to elevate the bottom an upward distance from a ground supporting location. A mesh or other sheer material is provided and exhibits durable load carrying and anti-tear properties. The mesh is applied over at least the upper support surface and, in additional variants, along each of the extending side surfaces such that the body establishes a three dimensional volume defining interior. In order to support the mesh, the body includes upper and lower vertically spaced and rectangular perimeter defining members separated by spaced apart and vertically interconnecting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Oria Collapsibles, LLC
    Inventor: Miguel A. Linares
  • Publication number: 20140161555
    Abstract: A collapsible intermodal flat rack features a cargo deck with first and second arches pivotally mounted to the cargo deck. Each arch is provided with a crank mechanism including a gearbox having an input shaft and an output shaft. The output shaft is attached to the corresponding arch so that the arch may be moved between a storage position, where a top portion of the arch is located adjacent to the cargo deck, and a use position, where the top portion of the arch is elevated from the cargo deck, by actuation of the input shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Fontaine Engineering Products, Inc.
    Inventor: James Adams
  • Patent number: 8708304
    Abstract: An appliance base for an appliance for supporting the appliance during manufacture and use, with the appliance base including a skeletal outer frame structure including a generally elongate “U”-base rail member and first and second “U”-side rails extending outwardly from the first and second ends of the “U”-base rail at generally right angles therewith. The outer frame structure defines four corners and a support area intermediate the “U”-base rail member and the “U”-side rails. The appliance base includes an inner frame structure including an index ring disposed in substantially the center of the support area, a plurality of diagonally extending support members with a diagonal support member extending inwardly from each corner of the outer frame structure and fixed to the index ring, and a front rail member extending between diagonal cross members on a side opposite from the “U”-base rail member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: David Dysinger, Donald Hendricks, Timothy Kolody
  • Patent number: 8671849
    Abstract: A shipping base for use with an appliance or other large product is provided. The base includes locator pins for removably securing the base to the appliance via a friction fit. The locator pins are captured by and extend upwardly from a folded corrugated member to frictionally engage the appliance. The locator pins preferably have a conical upper portion to help guide the pins into footholes or other openings in the bottom of the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: W. E. Chip Krieg
  • Patent number: 8596207
    Abstract: A flat pallet for handling and storing articles includes two identical boards. Each board has at least one length side which is provided with a coupling mechanism. The coupling mechanism includes a grip element and a receiving element of a configuration complementing the grip element. The grip element is spaced from a first transverse side of the board by a distance which corresponds to a distance of the receiving element from a second transverse side of the board, wherein the grip element of one board is constructed for engagement in the receiving element of the other board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Georg Utz Holding AG
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Douwe Hoekstra, Marco Marti
  • Patent number: 8573401
    Abstract: A packaging box closing member includes a flat panel portion that is placed on a pair of unsealed lid portions of a packaging box so as to intersect a closed portion formed by the pair of lid portions, the pair of lid portions being located on a top surface of the packaging box; and an upright portion that stands on a side of the flat panel portion, the side intersecting the closed portion, wherein, when stacking another packaging box on the top surface of the packaging box, a part of the another packaging box or a part of a transport device that transports the another packaging box contacts the upright portion, and the packaging box closing member is pushed toward an end of the top surface of the packaging box together with the flat panel portion and is dropped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Taneda
  • Patent number: 8511239
    Abstract: A reinforced plastic pallet includes a modular platform having top and bottom major walls which respectively have left and right stacked and held segments confronting each other. The stacked and held segments respectively have depression and supported regions. A spacer extends downwardly from each of the supported regions to have a base region confronting the corresponding depression region. A hollow strut extends upwardly from the base region through the corresponding depression region, and has an open end joining with the corresponding depression region. With the hollow struts, the structural strength of the spacers can be increased so as to prevent deformation thereof when the plastic pallet is subjected to a heavy load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: King & Stress Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: I-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 8505468
    Abstract: A substrate accommodating tray for accommodating a substrate includes a frame including a pair of first frame portions facing each other and a pair of second frame portions facing each other; a plate-like support element provided in an area surrounded by the frame for supporting the substrate, the support element having a first opening provided between the pair of first frame portions; and at least one support member provided along the first opening between the pair of first frame portions for supporting the support element. The substrate is placed on an upper surface of the plate-like support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sydek Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Yoshizawa, Hiroto Shibata
  • Patent number: 8418632
    Abstract: A structurally reinforcing pallet having an insert exhibiting a three dimensional shape with a top, sides and bottom. A plasticized material is applied over the insert according to a selected thickness and in order to encapsulate the insert. A first plurality of upper edge projecting and positional locating rim portions are exhibited about a periphery of an insert incorporated into a first pallet and, in combination with a second mating plurality of recessed underside edge extending locations exhibited about a periphery of a further insert incorporated into a second pallet, enable multiple stacking of pallets in laterally stabilized fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Oria Collapsibles, LLC
    Inventor: Miguel A. Linares
  • Publication number: 20120298014
    Abstract: An expandable modular interlocking pallet system comprises a plurality of elongated modules, each including a lattice array for supporting a load. The module includes a first side having two female tracks and a second side opposite the first having two complementary male tracts adapted to interlock with the female tracks of an adjacent module. The module also includes a slam latch nested in the module which may engage a striker positioned on an adjacent module. The striker allows for disassembly of the pallet system as desired. Passageways are provided in each module that allow forks of a lift truck or the like to move the interlocked pallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel Carter Wilson, Rick Sayman
  • Patent number: 8317150
    Abstract: A shipping base shaped like a square, truncated pyramid for use with a washing machine of the type having an undercarriage suspended below the wash tub. The shipping base has an opening in the top of the truncated pyramid into which the washing machine undercarriage is lowered until the undercarriage is suspended within the space defined by base, and an integrally formed frame-like pallet for supporting the washing machine. The opening is only slightly larger than the dimensions of the undercarriage so that the shipping base prevents any significant lateral movement of the undercarriage or the washing machine tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: James R Baechle
  • Patent number: 8267018
    Abstract: Load supports (10), in the form of pallets, have a front plate (12), a rear plate (14), frame members (20) and an upper surface member (22). Two pallets (10) can come together as shown, one inverted relative to the other and can inter fit which results in space saving when the pallets (10) are not in use. For example, the dimensions of the front and rear plates (12, 14) allow the rear plates (14) to be received in-board of the front plates (12) and resting against the frame members (20) of the other pallet (10). Once inter fitted, the volume of the pallets (10) is less than the sum of the volume of two independent pallets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventor: Peter George Gunn
  • Patent number: 8132771
    Abstract: During shipping, it is not uncommon to have loads shift in transit. To help alleviate this problem, a portable bulkhead or spacing system is provided. The system is nestable for easy storage, lightweight, durable, and cost effective. The combination of these factors, thus, allows for shipping efficiencies to drastically increase so that products can be effectively shipped resulting in an overall lower cost to the consumer and generating an advantage over competition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard H. Lee, Terry Staed, Paul W. Baker, Thomas M. Quinn
  • Patent number: 8082858
    Abstract: A display substrate accommodating tray includes a bottom section for mounting a display substrate thereon in a substantially horizontal fashion; and a frame for surrounding at least a part of the display substrate when the display substrate is mounted on the bottom section. A plurality of openings are formed in the bottom section through which a plurality of supporting members are to be inserted for, when the display substrate is mounted on the bottom section, raising the mounted display substrate above the bottom section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takenori Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 8083448
    Abstract: Shipping and storage containers, racks, and pallets including interlocking mechanisms are provided. An embodiment of the pallet includes openings, interface fittings aligned with the openings, respectively, and sized to fit into openings of identical sizes and configurations as the first and second openings, respectively, locking components operatively connected to one another, and an actuator for moving concomitantly the locking components into and out of the openings, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Heinrichs, Donald Edmund Fabula, Eric Robert Boyd
  • Publication number: 20110303129
    Abstract: A transport pallet comprising a chassis for supporting goods to be transported, and having feet extending below the chassis for supporting the chassis with a lifting fork space beneath the chassis. The pallet also includes legs provided around the perimeter of the chassis. The legs enable the pallets to be stacked one on another, and have a hollow upper portion and/or a hollow lower portion. Leg extensions are also provided for fitting into the hollow legs to provide separation between the chassis of the stacked pallets. These can be height adjusted. The pallets are generally made of steel or aluminium but can also be made of plastics material having a metal centre.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventor: Philip John Fox Harris
  • Publication number: 20110232538
    Abstract: An assembly of a pallet component and fasteners is provided for making a pallet on which various kinds of objects can be placed and which is movable by a forklift. The pallet component includes two outer unit members and an intermediate connector. Each outer unit member has an inner side formed with spaced projections and concavely provided with spaced receiving recesses adjacent thereto. The spaced projections of each outer unit member correspond in position to and are therefore receivable in the spaced receiving recesses of the other outer unit member. The intermediate connector is bilaterally provided with connecting sections that have different orientations. The working end of each connecting section has spaced projections and spaced receiving recesses adjacent thereto so as to connect with the corresponding outer unit member. Thus, a pallet can be easily made according to the widths of objects to be placed on the pallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Huang-Jung Chou
  • Publication number: 20110232539
    Abstract: A pallet includes a deck and a frame coupled to the deck to support the deck. The frame includes four sides and each side is formed to include a pair of apertures that are configured to receive a pair of forks included in a fork truck therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: BERRY PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory G. Broerman, David J. Jochem, David Y. O'Nan, Robert J. Smith
  • Patent number: 7997213
    Abstract: A modular cradle for reinforcing, transporting, and stacking cargo containers used in the transportation and storage of bulk cargo in the oil and gas industry so as to allow compliance with construction and shipping standards adopted by the oil and gas industry is disclosed. The cargo cradle is comprised of a rectangular frame for holding and supporting a cargo container. The cradle has attached lifting lugs positioned within the interior of the cargo cradle for attachment of lifting cables. The lifting lugs are positioned so as to allow cradles to be stacked one upon the other. The container cradles interlock when stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: R3G, LLC
    Inventors: Garett P. Gauthier, Robert L. Gauthier, Sr., Robert J. Roger, Robert L. Gauthier, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110179977
    Abstract: A structurally reinforcing pallet having an insert exhibiting a three dimensional shape with a top, sides and bottom. A plasticized material is applied over the insert according to a selected thickness and in order to encapsulate the insert. A first plurality of upper edge projecting and positional locating rim portions are exhibited about a periphery of an insert incorporated into a first pallet and, in combination with a second mating plurality of recessed underside edge extending locations exhibited about a periphery of a further insert incorporated into a second pallet, enable multiple stacking of pallets in laterally stabilized fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: ORIA COLLAPSIBLES, LLC
    Inventor: Miguel A. Linares
  • Patent number: 7878126
    Abstract: A pallet sheet has a substantially planar, centrally located base region, and a pair of upwardly angled edge portions. The upper surface portion of the pallet sheet is provided with a plurality of upwardly oriented collapsible cleats for enhancing cushioning and frictional characteristics, and in addition, upwardly and downwardly oriented cleats are also disposed upon the upper and lower surface portions of the upwardly angled edge portions so as to provide enhanced gripping characteristics for the pallet sheet by a gripper bar mechanism of a motorized transport vehicle. Still further, a support system is provided for supporting a plurality of pallet sheets thereon wherein the oppositely disposed edge portions of the pallet sheets can be maintained at their desired predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Gary G. Markert, Ronald R. Schoenberg, Robert A. Ross, Paul H. Beauregard, Robert F. Flynn
  • Publication number: 20100326334
    Abstract: A reinforced plastic pallet includes a load-supporting platform, four corner legs respectively adjacent to corner surfaces of the platform, and four side legs respectively adjacent to side edges, and two side reinforcing bars protruding downward from a bottom surface of the platform. Each leg has a hollow structure defined by a surrounding wall. An inner surface of the surrounding wall confines a hollow space and is formed with a plurality of ridges and troughs arranged alternately and angularly displaced from one another. Each side reinforcing bar defines a groove in a top surface of the platform, and extends into the hollow spaces. The structure of the whole plastic pallet can be strengthened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Chung-Ta Lin
  • Patent number: 7819068
    Abstract: A nestable pallet includes a deck from which a plurality of feet extend downwardly. Each foot has a corresponding opening through the deck leading into an interior of the foot so that the feet of a similar pallet stacked thereon can be received therein, thereby reducing stacking height when empty. An exterior wall of the foot is shared with a peripheral wall of the pallet, such that the exterior wall of the foot has an inner surface defining the interior of the foot and an outer surface, which is the outer most surface of the pallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventors: William P. Apps, Joshua Een
  • Publication number: 20100252471
    Abstract: The invention provides a cylinder skid for transporting and storing cylinders in a stackable configuration within a cargo shipping container. In one embodiment, the cylinder skid includes four vertical members attached to a horizontal base. Extending from the top of each vertical member is a stacking means, for example a pin. In another embodiment, a second cylinder skid has a horizontal base including four receiving means, for example four holes on the bottom of the horizontal base, for receiving each of the stacking means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Frank Homer, Art Pernsteiner