| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 108570170 | Load-contacting surface having parallel spaced-apart support members | 20 |
| 20080271647 | PALLET - A pallet has a top, load supporting deck | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090020046 | RETRACTABLE ANTIFRICTION BEARINGS DEVICE FOR A LOADING BED AND LOADING BED EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE - A retractable antifriction bearing device ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090078172 | System and method for parking vehicles - Set forth are systems and methods for moving objects in a structure, and particularly to parking vehicles within a parking structure. A system may include a pallet configured to receive an object, e.g., a vehicle; a structure including a plurality of modules configured to receive the pallet with the object, wherein the modules include multi-directional pallet transfer systems, the pallet transfer systems configured to transfer the pallet with the object to adjacent modules in any one of four orthogonal directions. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090095205 | PLASTIC PALLET SYSTEM - The present invention involves a plastic pallet system for the support, storage, and transportation of articles, and a method for manufacturing the same. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100024689 | PALLET WITH COMPOSITE COMPONENTS - A pallet having a first deck, a second deck, and a plurality of composite block members securing the first and second decks together to form a pallet. The composite block members and lead boards of the first and/or second deck comprise a composite material including about 50%-55% by weight of juniper or conifer particles and about 45%-50% by weight of a plastic component including a major portion of polyethylene. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100199891 | BEVELED BLOCK PALLET - A beveled block pallet is disclosed, the pallet being stringers supporting blocks, the blocks supporting stringers. The blocks are tapered to form a trapezoid shape to permit more strength with less weight. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100218705 | PALLETS - The present invention provides enhanced pallets. The pallets may be aluminum extruded pallets having a plurality of hollow blocks and a plurality of hollow cross members. The blocks and cross members are welded together to form a pallet. The blocks and cross members may have internal wall structures which, form one or more crush cells or crush zones. The crush cells or crush zones deform in a controlled manner on impact to reduce impact damage to the pallets. The pallets have a high load strength supporting capability and allow the pallets to withstand repeated or severe impacts while remaining functional. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100229765 | Industrial pallets formed of recycled and/or scrap lumber and method of manufacturing - This invention is industrial pallets formed of new, recycled and/or scrap lumber and methods of manufacturing same. The wood used to form the novel industrial pallet may include new scrap lumber that remains from conventional pallet manufacturing or old lumber from used pallets or other wood sources. Stringers according to various embodiments disclosed herein may be formed of new or old lumber, with standard or extra width, or include remanufactured or composite stringers of extra width that have been laminated together with fasteners or brackets for extra thickness and strength. A particular feature common with some embodiments of pallets described herein are short deck boards that have been butted together (end-to-end) at intermediate stringers to form the equivalent of a single full deck board. The short deck boards extend between adjacent stringers without extending beyond the two adjacent stringers spanned by any single short deck board. Top and bottom decks of pallets may be in an interdigitated or end-to-end configuration as well. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100236456 | Shuttle Pallet for a Storage System - The invention relates to a shuttle palette comprising three load-bearing bridges ( | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110005435 | WOOD PALLET WITH MULTI-PLY LAMINATED LEAD BOARDS - A wood pallet includes a top deck affixed atop a plurality of spaced-apart wood spacer members such that openings for receiving tines of a forklift are defined between the spacer members. The top deck is formed by a plurality of elongate wood boards arranged parallel and side-by-side one another, the boards including two lead boards respectively located at two opposite edges of the top deck, and a plurality of intermediate boards disposed between the two lead boards. The intermediate boards are solid virgin wood boards. Each of the lead boards is a multi-ply laminated wood board made up of a plurality of wood material sheets adhesively laminated one atop another. The laminated wood boards have a capacity to withstand a greater number of edgewise forklift impacts of a given magnitude without failing, in comparison with the solid virgin wood boards. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110162562 | PLASTIC PALLET SYSTEM - A plastic pallet system is provided for the support, storage, and transportation of articles. The plastic pallet system includes a plurality of top boards and a plurality of runner assemblies. Both the plurality of top boards and the plurality of runner assemblies may be formed of plastic. A method for manufacturing the plastic pallet system is also provided. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110192326 | PALLET WITH COMPOSITE COMPONENTS - A pallet comprising a first deck, a second deck, and a plurality of block members connecting the first and second decks together to form a pallet. The block members include at least one recycled thermoplastic component including at least about 20% by weight of a recycled nylon carpet material. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20120060725 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PACKING CONCENTRATED MASS LOADS FOR TRANSPORT BY CONTAINER, BOX TRUCK AND VAN TRAILER - A load equalizing pallet apparatus for transporting a concentrated load and for use with load binders is disclosed and comprises a load equalizing base and a plurality of shoes. The base is constructed substantially out of wood, has a periphery and, in use, receives said load. The shoes are metal and, in use, are arranged about the periphery of the base and rigidly engaged thereto. Each shoe has a plurality of lugs, the lugs, in use, being engaged by said load binders to couple said load to said pallet. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120137937 | TIMBER SUBSTITUTE - An extrudable fused solid comprising a matrix which comprises starch and a plasticizer, and which has continuous fibre under tension disposed within the matrix. Further a process for producing the fused solid, and a pallet which is at least partially composed of the fused solid. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20140208989 | PALLET WITH SINGLE LAYER TOP DECK HAVING INSERTS THEREIN AND RELATED METHODS - A pallet includes a cargo layer, a base layer and support structures coupled between. The cargo layer includes a pair of horizontally positioned outer deck boards and at least one horizontally positioned intermediate deck board therebetween. The at least one horizontally positioned intermediate deck board has opposing sidewalls, and a spaced apart openings at least partially extending through the opposing sidewalls. The pair of horizontally positioned outer deck boards have opposing sidewalls, and spaced apart openings extending through at least one of the sidewalls of each outer deck board. The spaced apart openings in each horizontally positioned outer deck board are aligned with the spaced apart openings in an adjacent sidewall of least one horizontally positioned intermediate deck board. Inserts are in the spaced apart openings. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140208990 | PLASTIC PALLET WITH SINGLE LAYER TOP DECK HAVING INSERTS THEREIN AND RELATED METHODS - A pallet includes a cargo layer, a base layer and support structures coupled between. The cargo layer includes a pair of horizontally positioned outer plastic deck boards and at least one horizontally positioned intermediate plastic deck board therebetween. The at least one horizontally positioned intermediate plastic deck board has opposing sidewalls, and a spaced apart openings at least partially extending through the opposing sidewalls. The pair of horizontally positioned outer plastic deck boards have opposing sidewalls, and spaced apart openings extending through at least one of the sidewalls of each outer plastic deck board. The spaced apart openings in each horizontally positioned outer plastic deck board are aligned with the spaced apart openings in an adjacent sidewall of least one horizontally positioned intermediate plastic deck board. Inserts are in the spaced apart openings. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140251189 | PALLET WITH SUPPORT ELEMENTS CONFIGURED AS ONE-PIECE SKIDS AND RELATED METHODS | 09-11-2014 |
| 108570180 | Corrugated or grooved support members | 1 |
| 20090025615 | PALLET - The present invention relates to a pallet including a plurality of supporting members ( | 01-29-2009 |
| 108570190 | Support members interlock with parallel crossing stringers by notched joints | 2 |
| 20130247798 | PLASTIC PALLET STRUCTURE - The plastic pallet structure includes a supporting base and loading plates. The supporting base includes first bases and second bases. Each first base includes a first base body, first opening clamping portions and first arch bridge portions. The first opening clamping portions and the first arch bridge portions are respectively disposed on two first long side edges of the first base body. Each second base includes a second base body, second opening clamping portions and second arch bridge portions. The second opening clamping portions and the second arch bridge portions are disposed on a second long side edge of the second base body. When the loading plates load goods, forks of a forklift are inserted in to the second bases, so that the forks of the forklift are abutted against the second arch bridge portions without contacting with the loading plates to lift the goods up. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20150360809 | PALLET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND USE - A pallet has a top deck coupled with a bottom deck through a plurality of spacer members. The bottom deck is provided as a sub-assembly comprising at least two lead bottom deck boards and at least one intermediate bottom deck board, each bottom deck board coupled with at least one other bottom deck board by a bottom deck joint, and wherein each board of the bottom deck sub-assembly is further coupled with at least one of the plurality of spacer members to couple the bottom deck sub-assembly with the top deck. At least one of the bottom deck lead boards are made from a fiber filled thermoplastic or oriented plastic composite material. | 12-17-2015 |
