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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7188816 | Pallet for coil-like transferred object, structural body for loading coil-like transferred object on pallet, structural body for storing coil-like transferred object loading pallet in container, and transferring method A pallet P of the present invention consists of a pallet main body 1, four mount sections 2 provided on the pallet main body 1, and a lower open space 5 provided below the pallet main body 1 and having open four sides. The pallet m... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7089871 | Tier sheet A tier sheet for supporting a plurality of containers disposed in rows on the tier sheet and for supporting and separating a plurality of tiers of the containers to provide a tiered stack of the containers. Projections at the edge portions of the tier sheet extend f... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7033130 | Depalletizer for a material handling system A depalletizer includes an input assembly for supporting a loaded pallet loaded with at least one product, a lift assembly, and a product take-away assembly. The input assembly presents the loaded pallet to the lift assembly, which moves the loaded pallet to a produ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6976435 | Disposable/recyclable pallet system and method A pallet system for supporting a load of packages is disclosed. The pallet system is comprised of a plurality of pallet units. Each pallet unit may have a load support portion, a plurality of side portions attached thereto, and a flange portion attached to the side ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974295 | Method and apparatus for loading stacks of cartons of frozen animal products onto vessels using a carrier A method for rapid loading of stacks of cartons aboard vessels is provided which may include sliding the stacks of cartons from a pallet onto a carrier having fork channels for receiving the blades of a load push lift truck, lifting the carrier into the hold of a sh... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6941877 | Loading member A loading member with a substantially L-shaped cross section and which jointly with a corresponding loading member may be arranged at the bottom of a box, each member being provided at one of two respective parallel lower edges of the box. The loading members are re... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6503585 | Hollow-chamber lightweight component A hollow-chamber lightweight component is described which at least comprises a shell-shaped housing part (1) made of high-strength material. a ribbed supporting structure (2) made of plastic, in particular of thermoplastic material, and at least one cover... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6360676 | Transport assembly The invention relates to a transporting device (1) comprising a number of carriers (3), a number of pallets (2) therefor and displacing means (16, 17) for displacing the pallets and carriers, wherein each carrier comprises a carrying base (14) and a numbe... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6173658 | Transport device The present invention relates to a pallet comprising first and second base parts (A1 and B1), each folded from pieces of corrugated, waterproof fiber material, for instance paper. Rectangular pieces (A, B) are cut from rolls of fiber material and the two ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6149148 | Hurdle or rack board for sheet-fed printing machines A hurdle board assembly for separating sheet piles in a delivery of a sheet-fed printing machine includes a hurdle board. A plurality of spacer elements are connected to the hurdle board at locations in the vicinity of the border of one surface of the hur... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5980198 | Method for handling, transporting and loading cartons of frozen animal products onto vessels A method for rapid transportation and loading of stacks of cartons aboard vessels is provided which may include the mounting of slings about the stacks of cartons, transporting the cartons to the dock by a flatbed vehicle, hoisting the stacks of cartons o... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5921188 | Nestable single deck pallet A nestable, single deck member pallet having a pair of notches on one edge, the notches sized greater than the width of forklift tines and passing completely through the deck member in the vertical direction, and preferably having a pair of notches each o... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5802985 | Guides for transporting pallets and device for manufacturing the same A guide for supporting transporting pallets and to be located between the legs of the transporting pallet has a one-piece integral body composed of fibers with a heat-hardenable binder, and both end parts of the body have a density which is greater than a... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5582114 | Tiltable portable pallet A pallet capable, when supporting a load, of being alternately lifted and transported by a forklift having prongs or manually rolled across a floor. The pallet includes interconnected upper and lower planar members which form a pallet assembly featuring r... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5538387 | Pallet assembly for a vehicle Flat, flexible articles such as carpets are commonly transported on wooden pallets, which are prone to breakage, and which must be returned for re-use after the articles have been delivered to their destination. A simple solution to the problem is to prov... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5525030 | Stacking devices A stacking device comprises a base having a top and bottom side, a flange around the periphery of the base, and rib structure attached to the top side of the base and the flange. The uppermost edge of the flange resides above the top edge of the rib struc... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5448956 | One-way lightweight pallet A pallet comprising a flat top member (1) having depending sides (2, 3, 4, 5,) and a base member comprising eight generally triangular elements (6 to 13, 30 to 33, 40 to 47) each formed from closely packed elements of single-face corrugated paperboard in ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5327839 | Corrugated fiberboard pallet Disclosed is a corrugated fiberboard pallet that includes a multiple-ply corrugated fiberboard top member, a plurality of longitudinally extending multiple-ply corrugated fiberboard runners, a plurality of homogeneous multiple-ply corrugated fiberboard su... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5299691 | Spacing sheet for handling material A novel spacing sheet is used in place of a conventional tie sheet in layered material loads, such as pallet loads. The spacing sheet generally comprises a plurality of spaced apart surface elements and intervening channels, on its top surface, which gene... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5255613 | Rackable plastic pallet A plastic pallet in which a base structure is positioned beneath the plastic main body of the pallet to discourage warpage and failure of the pallet especially in racked, loaded storage situations. The plastic structure of the pallet includes a planar pla... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5256028 | Process for handling material This invention pertains to handling of material on a supporting surface, preferably a pallet 74. It is addressed especially to the handling of thin-sectioned sheet material such as loose newspaper and magazine products in pallet loads. The invention provi... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5237936 | Pallet and display assembly A pallet having a front, a back and two sides; each of said sides having a fork entry opening, open at both ends of the pallet and along the length of each side; each opening having a stepped upper surface comprising a lower portion for engagement by an u... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5193973 | Palletizing system A palletizing system for moving stackable objects, particularly printed products arranged in stacks, includes a gripping device with gripping tines. The gripping device is arranged at an arm which is driven so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis. An ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5184558 | Pallet and method and apparatus for making same A pallet of lightweight corrugated paperboard includes spaced longitudinally extending members intersecting spaced laterally extending members by means of inter-engaging notches in alignment with the cross-members. Either of the longitudinally extending m... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5156519 | Storage device, the use of an operating device and an operating device A storage device designed to store primarily elongate objects, and comprising on the one hand a frame and on the other an operating device arranged on a fork lift truck. The storage device is arranged in such a manner that it may be shifted between an ess... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5129329 | Corrugated cardboard pallet A lightweight, low-cost, structurally stable pallet or cargo shipping surface, composed of elements which are made primarily of layered and bonded corrugated cardboard material. The pallet elements include a base platform, a series of parallel base slats,... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4979627 | Materials carrier in the manner of a support for rods and the like A self supporting carrier for rods, flat sheets, etc., comprising spaced end holders which are held in paralellism by a girder formed as a hollow with vertical aides. The ends of the girder are secured to a vertical wall of the end holders which are U-sha... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4972782 | Pallet A pallet having a top surface on which a load or deck may be mounted, first channels into which the forks of a forklift truck may be inserted from all sides to lift the pallet, and second open topped channels into which the forks of a forklift truck may b... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4906510 | Method and apparatus for forming a hinge for laminated corrugated material A corrugated plastic slip pallet is provided and comprises an intermediate corrugated member sandwiched between two generally planar sheet-like panel members and having a flat body portion on which boxes are supported and three lip portions hingedly conne... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4904147 | Load carrying apparatus Apparatus for transporting a load by a vehicle having lifting forks reduced in length to combine with a rectangular pallet having side and end edges. The pallet has transversely extending floor boards and longitudinally extending stringers separated by sp... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4879956 | Plastic pallet A plastic pallet of twin sheet construction formed in a vacuum thermal forming process. The upper sheet includes a series of downwardly extending hollow upwardly opening bosses arranged in staggered rows and the lower sheet includes a series of upwardly e... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4850283 | System to permit cargo to be pre-slung after warehouse palletization A system of facilitating the handling of bagged cargo normally stored in any applicable facility on pallets wherein the system includes the formation of elongated passages through the provision of removable or fixed channel members disposed in sandwiched ... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4848247 | Unitary pallet A one-piece or unitary synthetic plastics pallet, in particular suitable for crates, comprising an upper deck and a lower deck connected thereto by means of spacers. The upper deck is substantially closed and the spacers consist of tubular members that ar... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4846077 | Industrial pallet Fork lift truck pallet having a load deck of a plastic stretch wrap film wrapped with tension about a pallet frame.... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4841880 | Skeleton four-way pallet A pallet is constructed of two parallel lower beams on edge and four parallel upper beams on edge crossing the lower beams and connected to the lower beams by notched joints which provide clearance for the fork of a forklift beneath the upper beams at two... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4808060 | Load carrying apparatus Apparatus to allow transporting a load by a vehicle having lifting forks reduced in length to combine with a rectangular pallet having side and end edges. The pallet has transversely extending floor boards and longitudinally extending stringers separated ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4800694 | Place-on type assemblage structure A place-on type assemblable structure comprising an assembly element having a base plate to be placed on a substantially flat surface and a pillar extending upwardly from the base plate, in which a vertical load acting on the pillar is borne substantially... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4738204 | Pallet with spacers The pallet of the invention includes a load deck supported on pallet feet or spacers. The spacers of the invention are metal sleeves, each with a serrated upper edge, the entire length of which is pressed into the wooden load deck to substantially the ent... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4729483 | Deck member for storage rack A deck member for a storage rack in which the front and rear portions of the deck member are provided with the front and rear planar platform surfaces including corresponding upwardly projecting transverse front and rear ridge mebers having a front-to-rea... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4703702 | Multi-level pallet assembly An assembly for supporting load carrying pallets which is collapsible and storable when not in use and which includes a rigid base member for holding a pallet and removable upright members which engage one base member and support another base member.... | 11/03/1987 |