Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
108570250 | Having plastic load-contacting surface | 50 |
20080202391 | Pallet for Storing and Transporting Goods - A pallet for storing and transporting goods by a load platform ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080210140 | TRANSPORT PALLET - A pallet for the movement of goods includes several individual parts connected to one another, including an upper section and a frame section. The upper section includes a plurality of openings, which are located in recesses formed in the underside of the upper section, which help the escape of heat through the pallet. The pallet may be formed from a fire retardant material and may be certified to comply with the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Standard 2335 “Fire Tests of Storage Pallets.” The pallet may include a transponder for locating the pallet. | 09-04-2008 |
20090000527 | Three piece welded plastic pallet - A plastic pallet constructed of a synthetic resin material includes a top deck having an upper surface and a lower surface and a middle deck having an upper plate portion and a lower plate portion connected by a plurality of columns extending there between and integrally molded as a single piece. A bottom deck has an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface of the top deck is welded to the top surface of the upper plate portion and the bottom surface of the lower plate portion of the middle deck is welded to the upper surface of the bottom deck. Reinforcement members may be provided between the top deck and the middle deck and between the middle deck and the bottom deck. | 01-01-2009 |
20090007824 | Large Load Carrier - The invention relates to a heavy load support that is made of plastic and comprises at least a rectangular bottom part with a leg part into which the fork of a forklift engages and which is provided with props located at least in the four corner areas of the bottom part. Metallic U-shaped profiled rails that are open towards the outside are provided between the props along the bottom edge of the load support. The inventive heavy load support is characterized in that the props can be removably fixed to the bottom face of the bottom part of the load support and are provided with a support area for the corner areas of the bottom part of the load support as well as an edge which rises vertically from the support area and encloses the edges of the load support at a right angle, pegs being molded onto the free final leg surfaces of the edge in order to accommodate and fix the U-shaped profiled strips. | 01-08-2009 |
20090025616 | AIR CARGO PALLETS HAVING SYNTHETIC CORES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Air cargo pallets having polycarbonate and other polymer and synthetic cores are disclosed herein. An air cargo pallet configured in accordance with an embodiment includes a structural panel having a cargo support surface extending between opposing edge portions. The structural panel can include a polymeric core sandwiched between first and second facesheets. In one embodiment, the polymeric core can include a first piece of polymeric material attached to a second piece of polymeric material. | 01-29-2009 |
20090114129 | Pallet - A pallet has an upper deck and a lower deck. The upper deck and the lower deck are connected by a plurality of spaced apart columns. Fork insertion apertures are formed by the upper deck, the columns and the lower deck to all four sides of the pallet. | 05-07-2009 |
20090178595 | Combination plastic pallet - A combination plastic pallet includes a plurality of top deckboards each having a plurality of bottom plug rods, and a plurality of stringers each having a plurality of hollow columns that receive the. bottom plugs of the top deckboards respectively to have said top deckboards be supported on the stringers. Each bottom plug of each top deckboard has a split bottom tip and a barbed portion extending around the periphery of the split bottom tip. Each hollow column of each stringer has a stepped annular edge extending around the inside wall for engagement with the barbed portion of the associating bottom plug rod. | 07-16-2009 |
20090183655 | PALLET - A pallet has an upper deck portion having an upper planar portion and a lower deck portion having a lower planar portion. Ribs extend from one of the planar portions and are vibration welded to the other planar portion. A peripheral lip extends downwardly from the upper deck portion around the periphery of the lower portion. In this manner, the entire upper deck portion, which includes the entire upper surface of the pallet, is vibration welded to the lower deck portion. Further, the peripheral lip of the upper deck portion hides any flash that might be generated by the vibration welding process. | 07-23-2009 |
20090188412 | Pallet - A pallet for storage and transport of goods consists of an upper deck that serves as a standing surface for the goods, standing feet that can be assembled onto the underside of the upper deck, and accommodation channels formed into the upper deck, for affixing at least one reinforcement strip. The upper deck is divided into at least two rectangular partial regions, and each partial region has an accommodation channel for a reinforcement strip, which is disposed in the diagonal of the partial region. | 07-30-2009 |
20100043678 | STRUCTURAL SUPPORTING SUBSTRATE INCORPORATED INTO A COMPOSITE AND LOAD SUPPORTING PLATFORM - A skeletal substrate associated with a composite over spray or over molded article, such as a stackable pallet. The skeletal substrate includes a three dimensional article, such as a durable corrugated paperboard or other material, with a load supporting and planar upper surface and a recess configured and pallet fork receiving underside. The substrate incorporates a repeating pattern of cylindrical, polygonal, wave like or other shapes, such as which are coated in built up fashion with a polymeric material in order to provide insulating of the substrate from the environment as well as to provide additional strength. | 02-25-2010 |
20100058959 | PALLET - Problem to be Solved | 03-11-2010 |
20100064946 | MATERIAL HANDLING PLATFORM, COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a sheet material using fibreglass, such as glass fibres | 03-18-2010 |
20100116179 | Polyurethane composite matrix material and composite thereof - The present invention provides a composite matrix material which has (a) polyurethane; (b) inorganic particles which have outer surfaces and an aspect ratio of from at least about 1.5 to about 30; and (c) a silane coupling agent; wherein at least a portion of outer surfaces of the inorganic particles are in contact with the silane coupling agent. Also provided is a composite in which a composite matrix material is a polymeric matrix core which has a surface, and a thermoset layer is bonded to at least a portion of the surface of the polymeric matrix core. The composite is a high strength, durable part that may be used, for example, in manufacturing pallets and building or construction materials such as deck boards and siding and roofing panels, etc. | 05-13-2010 |
20100212553 | PALLET ASSEMBLY - A pallet assembly includes an upper deck and a plurality of supports extending downward from the upper deck. A cap is secured in front of at least one of the supports to protect the support. The cap may be formed of a material different from the support, such as a higher density, tougher or harder material without increasing the cost of the materials for the supports and deck. | 08-26-2010 |
20100288169 | PALLET | 11-18-2010 |
20100300333 | APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A LOAD | 12-02-2010 |
20110073018 | PLASTIC PALLET - A pallet has a top deck member and a bottom deck member. The top deck member has an upper surface, and a lower surface defined by a plurality of first cross-rib members. The bottom deck member has an upper portion and runners extending downwardly therefrom in a unitary construction. The upper portion has an upper surface defined by a plurality of second cross-rib members which correspond to the first cross-rib members and securely attached to mount the top and bottom decks to each other. The runners have a lower surface and extend transversely across the pallet in a parallel orientation, and also have a plurality of upright members and support members extending between the upright members and integrally formed therewith in a unitary construction. The plurality of second cross-rib members extend generally vertically from the top deck to the lower surface of the runners. | 03-31-2011 |
20110120353 | PLASTIC RACKABLE PALLET - A rackable pallet having an upper deck, a lower deck, and a center frame connecting the upper and lower decks together to form a rackable pallet. At least one of the upper deck, lower deck, and center frame comprises a structural foam molded thermoplastic resin material. A reinforcement support structure may be disposed between the center frame and lower deck. | 05-26-2011 |
20110126741 | Plastic Pallet - This invention relates to an improved pallet formed from a thermoplastic material of the polyolefin type, from two pieces, base and deck, that can be coupled to each other with fastening means there between; said base and deck provided with posts projecting from each in a direction towards the other and that can be coupled to each other, in order to form hollow columns; wherein the posts projecting from the base form the outer wall of a plurality of columns, and the posts projecting from the deck are located at the interior of said columns, forming the inner wall thereof and thus constituting a hollow passage between said outer and inner walls of the columns; said hollow space is filled up with a foamed material to provide a greater impact resistance and resistance to the disassembling under normal conditions of operation. The employment of the same material to form the pieces to be coupled and the reinforcement packing provides that said pallet can be integrally recycled without the need to separate the components thereof due to the nature of the material. | 06-02-2011 |
20110162563 | SNAP-TOGETHER PALLET - A pallet for use with a fork lift includes a top deck, a mid-top member and a base. The top deck has a plurality of ribs extending downwardly and a plurality of column-receiving recesses formed on the underside thereof. The base includes a plurality of columns projecting substantially vertically and received within the recesses of the top deck. Snap-tabs secure the columns to the deck. A generally planar mid-top member is secured to the plurality of ribs on the deck and has a plurality of openings into which are received the plurality of columns. The mid-top member is sandwiched between the ribs of the top deck and shoulders formed on the outer periphery of the columns. | 07-07-2011 |
20110174197 | Reinforced hollow panel and method of making - A hollow upper deck panel for a plastic pallet has a smooth solid top surface and is made by thermoforming heated upper and lower twin sheets of thermoplastics material. The lower sheet is vacuum-formed into a lower mold section to form parallel spaced inverted U-shaped elongated open ribs projecting upwardly and having top portions fused to the upper sheet. The upper sheet is vacuum-formed into an upper mold section which has extendable and retractable blades to form parallel spaced elongated closed double wall ribs projecting downwardly between the open ribs and have bottom portions fused to the lower sheet. The closed double wall ribs extend transversely or perpendicular to the open ribs, and the ribs reinforce the deck panel in all directions. Support structure for the upper deck panel is also formed of plastics material and defines spaces for receiving parallel spaced forks of a forklift truck. | 07-21-2011 |
20120079966 | Aviation Pallet and its producing method - An aviation pallet includes an EPS loading board, which includes an EPS plate and at least three EPS supporting legs extended from the bottom surface of the EPS plate for supporting the EPS plate, wherein the EPS plate and the EPS supporting legs are wholly injection molded; and a PET film adhering to the surface of the EPS plate and the surface of the EPS supporting legs; and has a plurality of jacks provided between each two EPS supporting legs. A method of producing the aviation pallet includes forming a main body step: laminating step; heating and cutting steps; vacuum forming step; and cooling and shape steps. The aviation pallet has good mechanical properties, folding resistance, most solvents resistance, low and high temperature resistance, and is lightweight, no poison, no smell, healthy and safe. | 04-05-2012 |
20120111238 | Rigid Urethane Self-Skinning Foam Top Frame, Pallet Support Board, and Pallet - The present invention provides a top frame made from a thermoset foam material. The top frame includes a pair of substantially parallel sides and a pair of substantially parallel ends connected to the sides to form a generally rectangular frame structure. The frame structure has an inner layer and outer surface defining a thickness. The thermoset foam material varies in density along the frame structure thickness such that the density of the thermoset foam material is greatest near the frame structure outer surface to form a hard outer shell. | 05-10-2012 |
20120132114 | Modular Pallet - A board for a modular pallet, and a modular pallet. | 05-31-2012 |
20120204768 | LARGE LOAD CARRIER - The invention relates to a large load carrier ( | 08-16-2012 |
20120304898 | PLASTIC PALLET - A plastic pallet includes a hollow lower part provided with ribs and runners, and an upper part provided with ribs and welded to the lower part. The lower part has a recessed border and the upper part has an edge that is bent downwards, covering the edge of the lower part. | 12-06-2012 |
20120325125 | REINFORCED PALLET - A pallet assembly includes an upper deck having an upper panel portion from which a plurality of ribs extend downward. A plurality of channels are formed in an underside of the upper deck. The pallet assembly includes a plurality of columns below the upper deck. A plurality of reinforcement assemblies, including an inner reinforcement member, are each received within an outer case. The inner reinforcement members are received in the channels in the upper deck. | 12-27-2012 |
20130014676 | LOAD BEARING STRUCTURE HAVING ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES - The present invention provides a movable load bearing structure with a surface that includes antimicrobial agents capable of eliminating, preventing, retarding or minimizing the growth of microbes and also minimizing cross-contamination when the load bearing structure is being reused for cargos that differ from a previously transported cargo, for example, different food types, such as poultry, fresh vegetables, and fresh fruit. The load bearing structure may be a dunnage platform or a container for storing and/or shipping cargo. | 01-17-2013 |
20130061784 | Pallet Support - When a pallet is in use, goods to be shipped are generally mounted on the top surface. A pallet support formed from a polymer, preferable a fiber reinforced biopolymer, fits on the open end of the pallet, and adds great strength thereto, while still permitting a loaded pallet to be used in a standard fashion. | 03-14-2013 |
20130133557 | PALLET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a pallet includes the following steps: (a) preparing a bottom case and a top cover respectively; (b) positioning the bottom case and top cover into a mould of an EPS foams molding machine, closing the mould and filling the mould cavity with EPS beads; (c) heating to make the EPS beads expand to form an inner core which is fused with the bottom case or top cover and then doing a cooling process; (d) opening the mould, positioning the top cover or bottom case onto the bottom case or top cover and closing the mould, heating to make the EPS beads expand again to be fused with the top cover or bottom case, and then doing a cooling process; and (e) demolding to produce a pallet. The outer casing and inner core of the pallet has good bond strength, thereby ensuring the quality of pallet. | 05-30-2013 |
20130145971 | PALLET AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a pallet comprises a top deck comprising a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the substrate comprises a first plastic material; and a layer disposed on the second surface of the substrate, wherein the layer comprises a composition comprising reinforcing fibers, polyimide fibers, and polymeric binder fibers, wherein the polymeric binder fibers have a melting point that is lower than the polyimide fibers; a bottom deck; and supporting columns disposed between the second surface and the bottom deck. | 06-13-2013 |
20140158025 | PALLET ASSEMBLY - A pallet includes a deck having columns supporting the deck. The deck includes a plurality of ribs extending downwardly from an upper sheet. A reinforcement sheet is secured to lower ends of the ribs. The reinforcement sheet is a coextruded sheet having a first material selected to bond well with the ribs and a second material selected for other improved physical properties. In the example disclosed herein, the second material is chosen for improved fire retardant properties. As one example, the reinforcement sheet can be vibration welded or hot plate welded to the lower ends of the ribs, thereby providing a strong weld between the reinforcement sheet and the ribs, which provides increased performance of the upper deck while the fire retardant layer of the reinforcement sheet provides fire retardant properties to one of the largest surfaces on the pallet. | 06-12-2014 |
20140251190 | Pallet Support Shield - A reliable, light, inexpensive, and durable support shield for wooden pallets that protects the entry points of wooden pallets from the exterior pallet damage traditionally associated with pallet/forklift interaction. | 09-11-2014 |
20150321792 | CARGO SUPPORT USING WOOD POLYMER/PLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a cargo support using a wood polymer/plastic composite material that uses wood flake chips in place of wood flour not only to achieve high strength but also to reduce the thickness of the cargo support of the same strength required, thereby attaining a position of advantage in terms of physical performance and appearance. | 11-12-2015 |
20160039566 | MULTI COMPONENT TRANSPORT PALLET - A transport pallet made from plastic material, comprising a cover plate ( | 02-11-2016 |
20160046406 | TRANSPORT PALLET AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A transport pallet, in the form of a square or rectangular board, is particularly suited for air transport. The transport pallet is formed to a large extent from plastics material. It has at least two intersecting reinforcing struts formed from a fiber-reinforced composite plastics material. The reinforcing struts lie adjacent each other via notches stabilizing the relative positions, constituting a plug-type connection. The transport pallet further has a plate-like core of mechanically stable foamed plastics material formed by several part-cores. The core is attached to or surrounds the reinforcing struts and holds the same in a stable position. The foamed plastics material core is sheathed by the fiber-reinforced composite plastics layer. The lateral edges of the pallet board thus formed are reinforced by light alloy profiled members pulled over the edges. | 02-18-2016 |
20170232722 | METHOD AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A LAMINATED OBJECT, LAMINATED OBJECTS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PALLETS, AND PALLETS | 08-17-2017 |
108570260 | Formed by joining mating spacers of identical pallet halves together | 1 |
20140137775 | PLASTIC PALLET - A plastic pallet has a top part and a bottom part and multiple runners and foot elements. The foot elements have multiple ribs which extend over the entire height of the foot elements. The foot elements of the top part and bottom part are fully insertable into each other and lockable by means of latching connections, wherein the joined foot elements have a double wall. The ribs of the foot elements have semicircular recesses for receiving reinforcement tubes, and projections for fixing the tubes. | 05-22-2014 |
108570270 | Load-contacting surface formed by bonded plastic sheets | 7 |
20090095206 | Ultralight Unit Load Device - An ultralight unit load device comprising a ruggedized quadrangular composite structure with a cellular load-bearing core sealed in successive ordered-polymer stiffening plies and trimmed at the outer edges with a hollow, multi-chambered profile of lightweight material fixed with flush attachment means so as to present a flat surface for easy loading and unloading of payloads. | 04-16-2009 |
20100186639 | PLATE-LIKE ELEMENT FOR SUPPORTING OR BEARING AN OBJECT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME - In the case of a plate-like element ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100251941 | Fire resistant pallet - An industrial platform for material handling, such as a plastic pallet, is constructed of three scuffed thermoplastic sheets, including exterior intumescent polymeric surfaces for resisting the spread of combustion flames and insulating the interior surfaces from the high temperature of fire. The pallet is reinforced with optional rigidifying structures without article modification. Pallet members are joined with snap together features providing an assembled article. The pallet includes handles for ergonomic manipulation by workers and is readily adapted to receive a number of unitization accessories for enhancing material handling operations. | 10-07-2010 |
20110017106 | Plastic pallet structure - An industrial platform for material handling, such as a plastic pallet, is constructed of three scuffed thermoplastic sheets, including exterior intumescent polymeric surfaces for resisting the spread of combustion flames and insulating the interior surfaces from the high temperature of fire. The pallet is reinforced with optional rigidifying structures without article modification. Pallet members are joined with snap together features providing an assembled article. The pallet includes handles for ergonomic manipulation by worker, and is readily adapted to receive a number of unitization accessories for enhancing material handling operations. | 01-27-2011 |
20110107943 | DUNNAGE PLATFORM - A dunnage platform is in the general shape of a rectangular slab with legs extending form one side. The dunnage platform is made from an expanded polystyrene core. A chemical combination process is used to chemically combine portion of the core proximal to its surface with high impact polystyrene. In a first of two parts of the combination process, the core is placed in a forming mold with one of its two sides and two thirds of its thickness extending therefrom. A heated sheet of high impact polystyrene is brought into contact with the portion of the core extending from the mold. In a similar manner, the other of the two sides of the core is made to extend from the forming mold for contact with a heated sheet of high impact polystyrene. | 05-12-2011 |
20110174198 | Reinforced plastic pallet and method of making - A hollow upper deck panel for a plastic pallet has a solid top surface and is produced by forming a tubular hot plastic parison and directing the parison between blow mold sections to form upper and lower sheets for the deck panel. The lower sheet is blow molded by pressured air within the parison into a mold section to form spaced inverted U-shaped open ribs projecting upwardly and with top portions fused to the upper sheet. The upper sheet is blow molded by the air around retractable blades to form spaced closed double wall ribs projecting downwardly between the open ribs and have bottom portions fused to the lower sheet. The closed double wall ribs extend transversely to the open ribs and have end portions fused to the open ribs. The support structure for the upper deck panel defines spaces for receiving parallel spaced forks of a forklift truck. | 07-21-2011 |
20120227640 | PLASTIC PALLET WITH TWIN-SHEET DECK AND RUNNER STRUCTURES - A reinforced plastic pallet comprises a twin sheet deck structure and three twin sheet runner structures which are fused to the underside of the deck to create three parallel spaced-apart footprints, the spacing between them forming one set of forklift openings. The deck is fabricated from two thermoformed plastic sheets which are peripherally joined together. The lower sheet is formed with upwardly extending spacer knobs which are fused to the under surface of the top sheet to further join the two sheets together. A frame of reinforcing beams is encapsulated into the interior space of the upper deck. The runner structures are also of twin sheet construction and some of them contain reinforcing rods. The runner structures, although they have flat footprints, are generally “W” shaped to provide two additional forklift openings at 90° from the primary forklift openings between the runner structures. | 09-13-2012 |
108570280 | One-piece molded pallet | 5 |
20090266276 | Method for producing transport pallets from plastic - The invention relates to a method for producing transport pallets from a mixture of recycled plastics with optional addition of fibrous material, wherein the mixture is portioned in an extruder ( | 10-29-2009 |
20090293776 | Pallet (Load Carrier) | 12-03-2009 |
20100319589 | PLASTIC PALLET HAVING REINFORCING WEBS - A plastic pallet includes a load-supporting platform having top and bottom faces, a plurality of spaced-apart supporting legs each including a surrounding wall that defines a first receiving groove and that has a top end extending to the top face of the platform, and a plurality of reinforcing webs each disposed between two adjacent ones of the supporting legs and each including two spaced-apart web plates cooperatively defining a second receiving groove that communicates spatially with the first receiving grooves in the two adjacent supporting legs. The web plates respectively have top ends extending to the top face of the platform. Each web plate has two opposite connecting ends connected integrally and respectively as one piece with the surrounding walls of the two adjacent supporting legs. Each of the first and second receiving grooves opens at the top face of the platform. | 12-23-2010 |
20140261103 | REINFORCED PLASTIC PALLET - A pallet including top and bottom decks supported in spaced apart relationship by a plurality of post assemblies. A reinforcement assembly is encapsulated within at least one of the top or bottom deck. The reinforcement assembly includes at least one reinforcement rod having opposed ends and a plurality of reinforcement caps. Each reinforcement cap has an outer member defining a closed end and an open end and an inner compensation structure within the outer member and defining a stop surface spaced from the outer member open end such that an initial open area is defined within the outer cap member. A respective rod end is received in the initial open area. The inner compensation structure is configured to deform to accommodate a relative position change between the cap member and the reinforcement rod end. | 09-18-2014 |
20150059624 | PALLET - A pallet comprises a first carrier board and a plurality of support elements. The first carrier board includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The plurality of support elements is arranged on the first surface of the first carrier board. Each support element has at least one through-hole penetrating the support element along a first direction, and the first direction is parallel to the first surface of the first carrier board. The pallet of the present invention is fabricated in an extrusion-shaping method and has advantages of simple fabrication processes, mass production and inexpensiveness. | 03-05-2015 |