Abstract: A pallet and an associated method are provided for supporting an item mounted upon casters. The pallet includes a pallet deck having a fixed portion and a movable portion. The movable portion moves between a first position in which the movable portion is displaced, such as by being rotated downwardly, from the fixed portion and a second position in which the movable and fixed portions cooperate to define a support surface. The movable portion is in the second position while the item is loaded, but is moved to the first position during shipment. The pallet also includes a support for supporting the item once the movable portion is in the first position. Prior thereto, however, the item is typically spaced from the support. Each support can include a stationary portion and a movable portion that moves between a retracted position to facilitate loading and an extended position during shipment.

Abstract: A buffer stop assembly for engagement within cargo aircraft to resist cargo movement. The buffer stop assembly comprises a horizontal member selectively engageable to the aircraft and a substantially vertical member resistant to movement by aircraft cargo. The members are mounted to each other. Preferably the panel mounting allows the vertical member to be moved between an extended position and a transport position overlying the horizontal member.

Abstract: A stackable pallet can include a rectangular planar base member having a first end, a second end, and two opposing sides. A slider pad can extend downwardly from the base member adjacent the first end. A handle member can be pivotally secured to the base member adjacent the first end by a hinge member. The hinge member preferably has a partial U-shaped hinge housing, an L-shaped hinge plate, a pivot pin, a locking pin bore and a locking pin. The handle member can be adapted to be pivoted from an inoperative position, wherein the handle member is folded on top of the base member, to a first operative position, wherein the handle member extends upwardly from the base member, and to a second operative position, wherein the handle member extends in a direction opposed from the inoperative position such that the handle member and the base member are substantially planar.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A merchandising display includes a housing for sheltering and protecting a displayed product whether indoors or outdoors, a pallet carried support frame is mounted within the housing and adapted for displaying the product within the display. The housing has a front and rear wall each formed by a series of vertically extending, transparent doors, a roof, a floor and side walls. Each door selectively pivots between an open position and a closed position and has side lips that engage and extend over a side edge of the housing when in the closed position. At least some of the doors have a bottom lip that engages and extends over an adjacent door's front surface, and at least one of the doors engages a pivotable roof flap when in the open and closed positions, to continuously shelter the displayed products whether the doors are in an open or closed position. The support frame includes sets of cross-bars, and spaced vertical supports.

Abstract: A pallet cage, comprising a pallet (1) and four walls (2, 3, 4, 5) mounted on its edges, together forming a cage open above and having the shape of a rectangular parallelopiped, in which the four walls (2, 3, 4, 5) of the cage are separate castings pressed from plastic and detached from each other, two of said walls are opposite and identical side walls (2, 3) while the other two are opposite and identical end walls (4, 5), the end wall (4, 5) consists of a straight, elongated and plate-like part having a joining element (6) at each end of it, the side wall consists of a straight, elongated and plate-like part having a 90° corner part at each end of it, the outer edges of said side walls being provided with counterparts (7) of the joining elements (6), the walls being connectable to each other by the joining elements and their counterparts to form the walls of a cage having the form of a right-angled parallelogram.

Abstract: A system for transporting and storing a variety of airplane seats comprises a portable base pallet and a pair of adjustable seat supports for securely mounting a seat on the base pallet. The base pallet is adapted to either fit into a secondary tray installed in a pallet rack or into a complememtary support structure provided on a mobile cart, thereby respectively allowing the seat to be stored or repaired without having to be removed from the pallet.

Abstract: First and second coupling members are provided between neighboring two columns so that the distance between neighboring columns detachably attached to the four corners of a pallet on which a commodity is placed can be freely changed. Guiding members for guiding an upper commodity carrying and storing apparatus when the upper commodity carrying and storing apparatus is stacked on a lower commodity carrying and storing apparatus are provided on a top plate.

Abstract: A pallet cover has a top panel and side panels hinged to the top panel for swinging movements from a substantially vertical position depending from the top panel through an arc sufficient to enable each side panel to overlie the top panel. The pallet is provided with supports which enable it to be stacked with one or more other pallets and the cover is notched to accommodate the stacking supports and provide an interlock therewith to ensure retention of the cover on the associated pallet.

Abstract: A vertically and or horizontally adjustable and reconfigurable dunnage rack capable of accommodating new dunnage sizes and shapes associated with annual model year changes, which preferably includes, among other elements, a base and a pair of upstanding adjustably spaced apart walls detachably connected to the base, wherein each wall includes a dunnage support assembly attached to inner surfaces and a fastening assembly for releasably securing the walls to the base after adjustment.

Abstract: A rack merchandising system comprising a movable pallet base having openings to receive lifting forks, and a central support structure, the central support structure perpendicularly attached to the moveable pallet base and having two vertically extending sides. The central support structure may also comprise at least one transverse support member extending between the two vertically extending sides. The system further has at least two vertical upright supports that are spaced apart from each other and are located at or near a peripheral edge of a top surface of the movable pallet base, each vertically extending side being aligned with one of the vertical upright supports. The system further has at least one inclined shelf having a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the first side and the fourth sides being parallel to each other and perpendicular to the second and third sides.

Abstract: A pallet cart comprises four corner adapters that lock on to respective corners of an ordinary wooden pallet. A pair of ladder frames have vertical posts that fit at the bottom into each of the four corner adapters. The ladder frames support a system of wire-frame shelves at various parallel levels above the pallet. The pieces can be disassembled to lie flat.

Abstract: A spill pallet for supporting and providing secondary containment for at least one intermediate bulk container. The spill pallet consists of a base and side walls that form an open-top box structure. From the base of each of the four corners of the structure extend four pillars with flat upper surfaces. These pillars support a platform that covers a substantial portion of the structure. The platform contains a center support post that extends to the base of the structure. The container and platform have been adapted so that they can be nested with other containers and platforms for shipping.

Abstract: A water bottle rack for storing, for transporting by a delivery truck and for subsequently dispensing by gravity standard water plastic jugs having a narrow mouth, a relative flat bottom portion and two or more annular rims extending outwardly from the jug side wall. The rack comprises a rigid frame having a front, a rear, a bottom, a top, two sides and an interior. The rack is adapted to be installed on the floor, on a stand, on the deck within a conventional delivery truck loading area, or stacked on top of each other or moved by a fork-lift truck. A number of inclined guiding rails, paired transversally so as to form shelves, supporting conventional water bottles by two of their annular rims, or a number of inclined shelves configured so as to substantially conform to the contour of a conventional jug are secured to the frame in predetermined spaced relationship relative to each other allowing, at each higher side of shelf level the loading of jugs by the front of the back of the rack.

Abstract: A lifting rack comprises abase including opposite longitudinal rails connected between plural laterally-extending rails to define a support surface having plural rectangular support areas each to support an IBC, in use. A frame is secured to and extends upwardly from the base. The frame includes plural posts secured to the rails proximate outside corners of each of the rectangular support areas. A pair of longitudinal bars and lateral bars are secured to one another at each corner, in a rectangular configuration, and secured to tops of the posts. Lifting lugs or forklift runners are provided for engagement by a transport device for lifting the rack.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention according to this application is to offer a load displacement preventing device and a method of prevention of load displacement using the said device in such a manner that the attachment and detachment thereof can be accomplished by a single person without requiring tedious work and without the risk of displacement or disturbance of the stacked load or of damage caused to said load during the attachment thereof.

Abstract: An improved mounting base 300 for telecommunications equipment racks, including i) first and second side members 310-A and 310-B having upper planar portions 315 including means 311 for coupling the mounting base to a bottom portion of an equipment rack; and ii) forward and rearward cross members 320-A and 320-B having lower planar portions 325 including means 326 for coupling the mounting base to a floor surface. The upper planar portion 315 of each side member is disposed above the lower planar portions 326 of each cross member. When coupled to a bottom portion of an equipment rack, the forward cross member 320-A is disposed proximate a front portion of the equipment rack and defines an access passage between the lower planar portion 325 of the forward cross member and the bottom portion of the equipment rack, such that the access passage allows frontal access to the means 326 for coupling of the rearward cross member to a floor surface.

Abstract: A fitment for mounting on a pallet to provide a bunded pallet wherein the fitment has a part supportable by the pallet and adapted to receive a load thereon and a retaining wall disposed at least partly to surround the base pall and adapted to retain any spillage there within.

Abstract: An aircraft pallet assembly structured to support and retain cargo intended to be loaded on and transported by commercial aircraft, wherein the pallet assembly comprises a base and a surrounding peripheral portion normally including a multi-sided configuration. Each side of the base includes a peripheral flange extending at least along a majority of the length thereof, which is disposed and configured for fixed attachment to one of a plurality of track segments, collectively defining a track assembly, and structured to removably secure a load retaining assembly, typically in the form of a retaining cover or net in overlying, covering relation to the cargo, for purposes of maintaining the cargo in an intended position on the base of the pallet assembly.

Abstract: A portable rack for assembling packages of building materials. The rack comprises a base having a proximal side, a distal side, a top, a bottom, and a pair of channels extending between the proximal side and the distal side, the channels being designed to receive the forks of a forklift, and a plurality of elongated members attached to the proximal side and projecting upwardly from the base. The process for using the rack comprises placing the building materials onto the base of the rack using the forklift, moving the building materials toward the elongated members until the building materials abut at least one of the elongated members, and pulling the forks out from under the building materials.

Abstract: A improved storage rack for tires includes a pallet and frame assembly removably mounted on the pallet. The frame assembly uses a combination spring loading and clipping as a securing device for mounting on the pallet. Also, the frame assembly permits the pallets to be more easily stacked and unstacked.

Abstract: A frame for supporting a substantially non-rigid container, the frame comprising: (a) a base-component (10) having at least two frame-members (11, 12) and at least two cross-members (13, 14); (b) a pair of side-components (20, 30) attached to opposite sides of the base-component (a) and extending upwardly therefrom, each side-component (b) having at least two frame-members (21, 22; 31, 32) and at least one cross-member (23, 33); (c) a top-component (40) adapted to engage the side-components (b) whereby the base-component (a), the side-components (b) and the top-component (c) define between them a substantially parallelepiped cavity (C) to receive the container, the top-component (c) having at least two frame-members (41, 42) and at least two cross-members (43, 44), together with one or more support-members (45, 46, 47, 48) to engage the container, said top-component (c) being adapted to be lifted free of the side-components (b); in which each frame-member (41, 42) of the top-component (c) is of substantia

Abstract: A collapsible and stackable pallet rack is provided for shipping and storing heavy roll goods having a central mandrel. The rack includes two pairs of adjacent and opposite upright corner posts being foldable inwardly and downwardly. Two side bars connect together the pair of opposite upright corner posts. There are also two pairs of upper and lower end bars. Each pair of end bars connect together one pair of adjacent upright corner posts. On top of each upper end bar, there is one cradle positioned centrally thereon for receiving one end of the central mandrel. A holddown plate is fastened on top of each cradle. Two pairs of hinge plates connect the two pairs of corner posts with the two side bars. This rack provides a shipping unit that prevents damage to heavy roll goods during transit and simultaneously provides a cost-effective stackable storage unit.

Abstract: A modular, low cost pallet and shelf assembly and a method for assembling the assembly is disclosed. The shelf assembly comprises a plurality of support members arranged so as to releasably accept a pallet therebetween, each vertical support member comprising a plurality of apertures disposed therethrough, wherein each aperture is configured so as to accept and releasably hold tabs inserted through the aperture, and a plurality of pallet securing members, each pallet securing member comprising at least one pallet securing member tab releasably securable within a vertical support member aperture and a securing surface for restraining the pallet between the vertical support members.

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 reusable pallet for goods having a generally rectangular base with first and second spaced apart sides and an upper surface for supporting the goods. A winch having a rotatable drum is mounted adjacent the first side of the base while a ratchet and pawl are provided with the winch for selectively locking the drum against rotation. A retaining pin is secured to the second or opposite side of the base and in alignment with the winch. An elongated and flexible strap has one end wound around the winch drum while a hook attached to the other end of the strap is selectively attachable to the retaining pin. An actuating rod is connected to the pin for selectively moving the pin between a first position in which the hook engages the retaining pin, and a second position in which the retaining pin is moved out of engagement with the hook thereby releasing the strap.

Abstract: A stackable pallet system comprises a plurality of pallets used for holding and transporting various items, including potted plants such as potted trees, flowers, bushes, etc. When the pallets are to be stacked, two pairs of spacer pipes can be used on a first pallet extending upwardly therefrom. Two elongated saddles are then coupled, one to each pair of spacer pipes, such that the saddles extend between and unite the upper ends of the pairs of spacer pipes. The saddles comprise an upwardly facing, shallow channel which is sized to be slightly larger than at least a portion of the fork pockets contained on the pallet. A second pallet can be lowered down onto a first pallet with the fork pockets, or at least a portion of the fork pockets, being received in the saddle channels. Various containment rings can be coupled to the pipes, in place of or in addition to the saddles, to allow longer trees to be carried on the pallets or to allow double stacking of potted plants on a single pallet.

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 deck is defined by closely spaced molded ribs with pairs of ramped tine entry openings molded adjacent each edge which are tapered to provide maximum clearance. A narrow lip extends at an angle upwardly from each edge, permitting the platform to be engaged and manipulated by conventional slip sheet handling equipment, while the tine entry ramps permit a powered forklift truck to engage its fork tines beneath the platform. To facilitate deflection of the platform ribs on entry of the forklift tines, the ribs in the path of the tines may have curved valleys, while ribs not in the path may have generally square valleys. The platform may also be constructed through twin sheet thermoforming, foam molding, corrugated paperboard assembly. The platform has a horizontal load support deck with side walls which extend downwardly. Two tine inlet access openings are defined in each side wall, with the height of each access opening being less than the maximum height of a forklift tine.