Abstract: The present invention is a pallet made from a combination of recycled tire shreds and recycled plastic particles. In one embodiment, the pallet comprises a plurality of recycled tire shreds having different surface areas, a plurality of recycled plastic flakes having different surface areas, and a bonding agent coated about substantially all of the surfaces of the recycled tire shreds and the recycled plastic flakes. The combination of the recycled tire shreds having different surface areas, the recycled plastic particles having different surface and the bonding agent results in a stronger and durable pallet.

Abstract: A paper pallet generally comprises support blocks, a top pad, and a wrap. The support blocks are of a comb configuration, e.g., honeycomb or hexacomb. The top pad is of a corrugated material and is positioned above the support blocks. The wrap is also of a corrugated material and wraps, via direct contact, the top and side surfaces of the top pad as well as wrapping, via direct contact, at least two side surfaces of the support blocks.

Abstract: A pallet including a pair of elongate bearers (3) and an upper deck and a lower deck of slats (5a, 5b) supported by the bearers (3). Each bearer (3) is generally trapezoidal in transverse section and includes upper and lower walls and inner and outer side walls (11a, 11b). Each bearer (3) further includes upper and lower openings (9a, 9b) which receive end sections of the slats (5a, 5b). The slats (5 a, 5b are retained securely by the bearers (3) without nails or other fasteners being required by interlocking end sections of the slats (5a, 5b) and the bearers (3).

Abstract: A pallet comprising a frame (2) whose upper part, at least sides thereof, is provided with edges (4) projecting from the pallet (1′), a frame structure being arranged inside the frame (2), the pallet (1′) further comprising a loading surface (5) onto which a load (17) is to be arranged. Both sides of the pallet (1′) are provided with stiffening elements (10, 22) arranged to stiffen the pallet (1′) in its longitudinal direction, enabling the pallet (1′), even while carrying a load, to be lifted without the pallet (1′) substantially bending in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: An airlift pallet for securing a container roll-in/out platform and cargo thereon within an aircraft by an aircraft cargo handling system. The pallet includes a base for supporting the platform and its cargo. The base includes a plurality of mounting receptacles adapted to receive and retain a respective lock member. Each lock member is removably secured to the mounting receptacle by a removable pin. Each lock member includes a rotatable head that is adapted to be inserted into and secured to the platform. The lock members secure the platform and its cargo to the airlift pallet.

Abstract: A three-dimensional metal structural assembly includes at least one composite strip having at least one transverse bend therein. The composite strip includes a web having a pair of longitudinal edges and a pair of edge pieces attached to the longitudinal edges. Alternatively a plurality of straight composite strips may be attached together to form a structural element. The composite strip may be used in an almost limitless number of configurations to form such things as pallets, shelves and floor grates. In addition, straight composite strips may be used to form such structural elements as H-shaped beams or C-shaped beams.

Abstract: A skid having a platform with a top, a bottom, a first side, a first elongated tube extending along the length of the first side, a second side, a second elongated tube extending along the length of the second side, a front end, a rear end, and one or more channels in the top positioned longitudinally in the platform, thereby creating a first top panel and a second top panel, wherein the platform is formed from a single sheet of material, e.g., metal or a composite. Two fork pocket are secured to the top of the platform traverse to the channels, thereby defining front and rear channel portions. A front end cap is secured to the top of the platform at the front end, and a center piece is secured to the top of the platform at a predefined fixed distance between the front end cap and the first fork pocket. A plurality of corrugations are formed optionally on the first fork pocket and the second fork pocket, and are formed optionally on the first top panel and the second top panel.

Abstract: A pallet skirt useful for covering a pallet to improve aesthetics and reduce the risk of tripping over the pallet includes an elongate piece of material for surrounding at least a portion of the pallet and fasteners which fasten the elongate piece of material to the pallet.

Abstract: A palletizing system for a wheeled item comprising an undercarriage and wheels extending from the undercarriage. The pallet includes a plurality of ramps on a base frame sloping from a support toward the base frame and the palletizing system includes at least one selectively removable bridging member for placement in one of the plurality of ramps for forming a track along which the wheels of the item can roll over the one of the plurality of ramps. The support and the plurality of ramps are structured and arranged so that when the bridging member is removed from the at least one of the plurality of ramps and the wheeled item is shifted on the wheels from the support surface along the plurality of ramps, the undercarriage of the wheeled item comes to rest on the support surface.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A method for rotational molding of articles, including the step of rotationally molding a mixture of particulate plastics material comprising at least one thermoplastics material having a first particle size and a second thermoplastics material having a larger particle size wherein, in use, said first thermoplastic material fuses to form an outer skin and subsequently said second thermoplastics material fuses to form an inner skin bonded to the outer skin of a resultant molded article. The method may also include the step of incorporating a quantity of rollable molded reinforcing elements in the mold with said first and second thermoplastics materials, wherein the reinforcing elements are located in a spaced array thereby forming bridges between opposed inner skin surfaces as they expand. Articles, such as a shipping pallet, rotationally molded using the method are also disclosed.

Abstract: A plastic pallet assembly having a load member with a flat load surface and a plurality of pillars depending therefrom wherein the pillars are shaped to conform to grooves in a plastic base member wherein the grooves are lined with an electromagnetic thermoplastic bonding material and thereafter subjected to an electromagnetic field to cause the thermoplastic electromagnetic bonding material to flow and subsequently set and secure the load and base members together thereby forming the plastic pallet assembly.

Abstract: An improved pallet structure having an upper pallet and a lower pallet. The upper pallet includes on its underside, a plurality of upper feet with a plurality of limiting members and slits. A plurality of upper channels are formed between every two neighboring upper feet. The upper channels include ribs with recesses in alignment with the slits of the upper feet. Rods are placed in the slits and the recesses and abut at their ends against the limiting members. The slits each allows for the engagement of an engaging member, to prevent the movement of the rods in any direction. Then the upper pallet is joined with the lower pallet. When yarn packages are loaded on the pallet, the center of gravity of the yarn packages is located directly above the rods in the pallet. The weight of the yarn packages is carried by the rods, and the pallet is not subjected to deformation and the life cycle of the pallet can be extended.