Patents Assigned to Stratis Corporation
  • Patent number: 7607628
    Abstract: A pallet includes a deck and support members extending from an underside of the deck. The deck has alignment recesses as well as lowered portions along both sides of the deck for receiving the feet and runners supporting the deck to achieve nesting when stacked. The support members include two runners with orifices extending there through and aligned to accommodate pallet jacks and forklifts. The orifices have straps extending underneath the orifices to provide structural support while allowing for insertion of pallet jacks and their wheels. The pallet has feet between the runners and spaced so that the underside of the deck is unobstructed in the area intermediate the orifices providing for four way insertion of pallet jack support units. The pallet has alignment sections machined into the sides of the pallet to provide for precise alignment with pallet handling equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Stratis Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew W. Elder, William J. Skinner, Bobby G. Badger
  • Patent number: 7163122
    Abstract: A container system includes interchangeable components to form an enclosed container. A base in the form of a pallet, a sidewall and a cover are assembled to form an enclosed container. The containers include nesting portions on the pallet and cover so that containers may be stacked when assembled and the components may also be stacked when in storage and nest to resist lateral sliding. The sidewalls include a first embodiment with single wall construction and a second embodiment with double wall construction. The walls are a corrugated plastic construction and include spaced apart reinforcing rods extending into the flutes. The double wall sidewall includes an inner wall with vertically extending flutes having reinforcing rods inserted into spaced apart ones of the flutes while the outer wall has horizontally extending flutes with one or more reinforcing rods inserted therein to provide added strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Stratis Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew W. Elder, William J. Skinner
  • Publication number: 20050199623
    Abstract: A container system includes interchangeable components to form an enclosed container. A base in the form of a pallet, a sidewall and a cover are assembled to form an enclosed container. The containers include nesting portions on the pallet and cover so that containers may be stacked when assembled and the components may also be stacked when in storage and nest to resist lateral sliding. The sidewalls include a first embodiment with single wall construction and a second embodiment with double wall construction. The walls are a corrugated plastic construction and include spaced apart reinforcing rods extending into the flutes. The double wall sidewall includes an inner wall with vertically extending flutes having reinforcing rods inserted into spaced apart ones of the flutes while the outer wall has horizontally extending flutes with one or more reinforcing rods inserted therein to provide added strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Stratis Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Elder, William Skinner
  • Patent number: 6705236
    Abstract: A pallet (10) includes a rectangular support deck (12) having a substantially planar upper supporting surface including a plurality of channels (16) formed therein extending across the pallet (10). The deck (12) includes support members (14) extending from an underside of the deck (12) that nest in recesses formed in the upper surface of the deck. An alignment portion (40) is formed at a center point along the first edge of the deck and a second alignment portion is formed at a center oint of an opposed edge of the deck. An alignment portion (40) includes angled sides for receiving a tapered member of a complementary device (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Stratis Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew W. Elder
  • Publication number: 20030189152
    Abstract: A pallet includes a deck and support members extending from an underside of the deck. The deck has alignment recesses as well as lowered portions along both sides of the deck for receiving the feet and runners supporting the deck to achieve nesting when stacked. The support members include two runners with orifices extending there through and aligned to accommodate pallet jacks and forklifts. The orifices have straps extending underneath the orifices to provide structural support while allowing for insertion of pallet jacks and their wheels. The pallet has feet between the runners and spaced so that the underside of the deck is unobstructed in the area intermediate the orifices providing for four way insertion of pallet jack support units. The pallet has alignment sections machined into the sides of the pallet to provide for precise alignment with pallet handling equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Stratis Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew W. Elder, William J. Skinner, Bobby G. Badger
  • Patent number: 6209464
    Abstract: A pallet includes a rectangular support deck having a substantially planar upper supporting surface including a plurality of channels formed therein extending across the pallet. The deck includes support members extending from an underside of the deck that nest in recesses formed in the upper surface of the deck. An alignment portion is formed at a center point along the first edge of the deck and a second alignment portion is formed at a center point of an opposed edge of the deck. An alignment portion includes angled sides for receiving a tapered member of a complementary device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Stratis Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew W. Elder
  • Patent number: 5606921
    Abstract: A pallet includes a planar portion for supporting articles and feet extending from the bottom of the planar portion. The upper surface of the planar portion includes recesses formed therein having center islands extending upward even with the supporting surface. The feet include bottoms having a center recess and rim extending around the recess. The rim of the feet extend into the recess on the upper surface when the empty pallets are stacked and the center islands extend into the bottom recess of the foot to provide nesting and to prevent lateral sliding of the pallets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Stratis Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew W. Elder, William J. Skinner
  • Patent number: D423752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Stratis Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew W. Elder
  • Patent number: D433208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Stratis Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew W. Elder