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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7228997 | Nailing chuck An apparatus nails a plurality of cross members to an underlying stringer to produce a pallet. The carriage moves in a continuous motion without stopping over the cross members until the cross members are nailed to the stringer. The carriage includes at least one na... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219609 | Apparatus for shipping and installation of ATM An apparatus and method for the shipping and installation of an ATM. The ATM comprises leveling legs. A pallet includes a plurality of readily separable components and a plurality of component fasteners. The pallet further comprises bracket openings which align with... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7182026 | Pallet A pallet which is made from elongate steel members of arcuate cross section which are welded together to form a frame, and plastic slats which are engaged with a snap action with the steel members and which form a planar upper surface for the pallet. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7140821 | Roll on/roll off ramp-deck transport platform A transport platform structure which is configured for vehicle roll on/roll off has a deck having a downwardly angled sloped portion at at least one end to produce an end-edge at an end of the platform. This end edge is dimensioned to have a vertical height configur... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7124889 | Rolled film and pallet construction A rolled film and pallet combination for storing rolls of film material wound on a core whose ends extend past the ends of the rolls, with the pallet being symmetrical and having aligned openings in the top and bottom to accommodate the core ends. The pallet compris... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7093457 | Annular cooler pallet construction A pallet construction for an annular cooler forms a gas permeable surface for supporting and transporting material during processing thereof. The pallet construction includes a pallet deck having a series of substantially parallel rows of spaced apart elongated slot... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7003898 | Lumber sticker A lumber sticker for separating lumber, comprised of an elongated generally rectangular shaped block with sides shaped such that the lumber sticker will not come to rest on the sides. The lumber sticker has channels cut into the top and bottom surfaces, traversing t... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997112 | Cargo handling pallet A cargo pallet has a framework including a plurality of beams that are each formed of a square hollow body of paperboard treated for water resistance and water repellency. Each beam is engaged at a predetermined distance with and adhered to a pair of channel-shaped ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6938559 | Metal and plastic pallet assembly A pallet composed of a removable plastic deck and a metal base, where the deck is joined to the base by mechanical interlocking, the deck having depending lugs which interlock with apertures in the upper surface of the base. Preferably, the lugs have sufficient dept... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6839952 | Composite pallet A composite pallet includes at least two channels and a plurality of stringers. Each channel includes a U-shaped cross-section with an inward facing leg extending from each outer edge of the U-shaped cross-section. Each stringer preferably includes a lengthwise body... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6694894 | Load-and-roll pallet A pallet of the load-and-roll type having a frame constructed to carry sheet steel of varying widths, being light weight, stackable and nestable for unloaded return shipment. The pallet defines a front or roller end, a back or lift end, two sides and a to... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6585224 | Outboard motor rack system and related method of use A method for storing and/or transporting outboard marine motors utilizes a rack having a rigid, substantially planar, horizontal base with parallel horizontal channels for insertion of fork lift tines. The base supports a pair of upright opposing frames, ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6510802 | Carrier for rolls of metal sheet A carrier (10) for carrying a roll of metal sheet includes a base (20), an arcuate support plate (50), a cushion (60) and a vertical shield (80). The base includes a top wall (22), and is adapted to removably engage with a transportation machine. The supp... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6325352 | Telecommunications equipment mounting base 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; ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6186077 | Prefabricated pallet A pallet having a plurality of horizontal plastic members (1) are arranged in a parallel arrangement and individually have a plurality of vertical fitting holes. A plurality of vertical plastic members (2) are arranged on and across the horizontal members... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6119604 | Pallet having lateral supports, and use thereof A pallet including a load-receiving support with supporting joists, the pallet being provided with removable lateral supports. The pallet is characterized in that the load-receiving surface is provided with indentations of a configuration that substantial... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5967056 | Shipping and storage pallet A new shipping and storage pallet for storing or moving cargo and freight. The device includes an integral deck member with a plurality of spaced apart elongate slat portions that extend between a pair of deck member longitudinal sides and which are array... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5960721 | Composite wood and polymer forklift pallet assembly and method A pallet assembly (21, 51, 71) including a plurality of side-by-side rail assemblies (22-24, 56-58, 72-74), a wooden deck (26, 52, 84) secured to an upwardly facing side of the rails and extending transversely thereacross, and an impact-resistant polymer ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5809907 | Pallet assembly A pallet having a top section and trusses which form support members in a bottom section is disclosed. The trusses can facilitate maintenance of a pre-load in the top section of the pallet. The trusses extend from the top section to a supporting surface u... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5787817 | Pallet for storing wheeled items A pallet for a wheeled item comprises a base frame having openings for receiving forklift arms, a pair of tracks mounted on the base frame for receiving the wheels of the item, and a pair of corresponding ramps mounted on the base frame and sloping latera... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5722211 | Rail structure to support flat structural elements A bearer design to support flat structural components has two crossing pluralities of parallel pairs of bands where girders form the bands. The girders are secured so as not to rotate on the outside of the connecting members in selected crossover regions ... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5685233 | Recyclable pallet assembly A light weight pallet assembly extruded from a recyclable, thermoplastic material is provided for storing, handling and transporting heavy or bulky articles. The pallet assembly includes at least two elongate, generally hollow runners, a plurality of supp... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5676063 | Modular pallet A modular pallet (10) comprises a pair of cushion bars (12,14), and a pair of spaced sub-frames (22,24), each having a horizontal support surface (26,38) with a pair of slots (34,36 and 50,52) in its front or rear edge, the sub-frames also having vertical... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5673629 | End cap construction for wooden pallets A highly effective, easily installed, stringer end capping/protecting system is achieved wherein each terminating end of each stringer is quickly and easily protected from breakage, destruction, or damage by affixing a damage controlling reinforcing plate... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5636577 | Bamboo pallet Pallets for storage or movement of goods are provided having bamboo members. Split bamboo forms cross-members and successive layers as part of the two major surfaces of pallets. Bamboo culms are used for beams of a pallet or as components in a post-type s... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5551353 | Lightweight pallets A forklift pallet, and a material of construction useful in forklift pallets. The material is a composite formed by a surrounding reinforcement member that encloses a corrugation for reinforcement. The corrugation has crests and troughs. A plurality of cr... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5537936 | Support structure for supporting a load A support structure for supporting a load comprises a core of connected strips including spacer strips of corrugated material and at least one bent strip having a plurality of laminated layers. The bent strip is disposed between opposing spacer strips and... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5456189 | Shipping pallet A plastic pallet comprises a plurality of longitudinal spaced apart and parallel base members; a plurality of longitudinal spaced apart and parallel cross-members disposed transversely over the base members; and a plurality of compression cups or cylinder... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5425521 | Thermal spacer device A spacer device for a product employs a plurality of elongated first channel structures interconnected by a plurality of interconnecting support structures. The first channel structures have a pair of sidewalls, a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of end... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5402735 | Recyclable pallet assembly A material handling apparatus includes a plurality of runners extruded from a thermoplastic material to a predetermined dimension that is uniquely sized for an individual load to be handled. Each runner defines an upper load supporting surface, an opposed... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5351628 | Wood and plastic pallet A wooden upper deck is connected by two types of plastic spacer blocks to a wooden lower deck. The upper deck may be a conventional deck composed of stringers and slats or it may be a twin sheet thermoformed plastic deck. The lower deck is composed of str... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5337681 | Recyclable plastic pallet A recyclable plastic pallet (220) upon which objects may be stacked is described. The pallet (220) comprises longitudinally spaced and laterally extending elongate front and back plastic rails (230, 232, 233, 234) having openings 258. The pallet also has ... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5291836 | Spacer assembly A spacer to facilitate cooling, stacking, and handling of meat includes first and second channels, preferably of identical cross-sectional shape, placed transverse to each other so as to define multiple interconnected passageways for conducting conditione... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5211117 | Pallet assembly A spacer to facilitate cooling, stacking, and handling of meat includes first and second channels, preferably of identical cross-sectional shape, placed transverse to each other so as to define multiple interconnected passageways for conducting conditione... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5076175 | Protective plate for fork-lift pallets A protective plate for use with a fork-lift pallet having an elongated horizontal wooden stringer having an inverted U-shaped opening including a curvilinear portion. The plate includes a side portion to protectively overlie a side of the stringer opening... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4911084 | Pallet A pallet has slope plates provided on a base plate supporting an article thereon for forming a slope when the article is unloaded from the pallet.... | 03/27/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4802421 | Pallet consisting of two or several base members Pallet consisting of several base members, which can have recesses for forks of a fork lift. The base members have holes perpendicular to the length of the members distributed along and closely adjacent the upper surfaces of the base members. Tubes insert... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4715294 | Pallet construction A pallet construction incorporating protective members fabricated of metal, plastic, or other impact resistant material for engaging end portions of the pallet to shield against damage. The protective members comprehend cap portions for embracing stringer... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4614277 | Pallet with tensioned strips and bulk bin A pallet (10) comprising a top deck consisting of planks (20, 22, 24, 26) to the undersides of which blocks (28, 30, 32) are secured. The entire pallet is deformed to a convex form so that its length and width are reduced with respect to its undeformed di... | 09/30/1986 |
