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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7793598 | Plastic panel, particularly for use as production pallet A plastic panel which may be used as a production pallet in the production of unitary concrete masonry products includes first and second joinable portions. The portions each comprise a support backing including an outer surface and an inner face, and a plurality of... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7779764 | Durable pallet and pallet block A pallet includes an upper deck, and first joining members that project downwardly from the upper deck. Each first joining member includes an outer sleeve and a post positioned therein. The pallet includes a lower deck, and second joining members that project upward... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7334529 | Metal support base A support base is made of metal by die casting for supporting heavy articles above for example ground or floor, and includes a rectangular flat grid plate having four corners from which pillars extend. Intermediate pillars extend from middle positions of long edge f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322299 | Interlocking modular tubular pallet A modular section for forming a support structure, the section being elongated and having a generally annular cross-sectional configuration with spaced upper and lower surfaces and spaced side walls, the upper and lower surfaces and side walls forming upper and lowe... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275489 | One-way plastic pallet A thermoformed twin sheet pallet comprising an upper plastic sheet and a lower plastic sheet, the sheets being fused together to form a platform structure and a plurality of leg structures downstanding from the platform structure in spaced relation and defining a pl... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7252041 | Flame retardant polyolefin pallets and flame retardant master batch for their production Polyolefin-based pallets capable of passing standard pallet flammability tests are prepared by molding the pallet or one or more subassemblies thereof, of a polyolefin molding resin containing a flame retardant package containing magnesium hydroxide, and optionally ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7213819 | Gym scooter A scooter includes a platform and at least three casters. The platform has a horizontal top surface and at least one vertical side surface extending downwardly from the top surface. The casters extend downwardly to support the platform when the platform rolls. The s... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7086340 | Pallet assembly A pallet includes a first component which has a first upper surface, and a first lower surface which includes a first plurality of cross-rib members. A second component has a second lower surface, and a second upper surface which includes a second plurality of cross... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7010896 | Process and apparatus for making corrugated walls There is a description of an apparatus that produces corrugated walls in a continuous manner. Prior to being fed into the apparatus there is a composite consisting of an outer layer of a woven or non-woven material having a layer of a cementitious material thereon. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007613 | Foldable pallet with minimized use of material and having self-locking fasteners A pallet assembled from two sheets of material, preferably corrugated paper board stamped with cutouts. Once the cutouts have been scored, the two sheets are then either manually or machine folded to form upper and lower frame members. The frame members are then int... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6972144 | Composite structural material and method of making same A composite structural material suitable, for example, as a replacement for wooden boards, is disclosed. It comprises a dimensionally stable core material ensheathed in a dimensionally stable, laminar covering that is adherent to the core material. The laminar cover... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6955129 | Plastic pallet design In one embodiment, composite pallet comprises: an upper deck, an upper frame member supporting the upper deck, a plurality of foot members disposed in physical contact with the upper frame member, and a lower frame member disposed in physical contact with the plural... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6935249 | Pallet substructure In one embodiment, a pallet substructure comprises: a reinforcement structure, a foot member, and a gusset disposed in mechanical communication with the reinforcement structure and the foot member. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6805061 | Two-piece pallet A pallet is provided having spaced first and second decks and a plurality of opposed mating areas formed in each of the decks. Each mating area includes alternating projections and recesses, where the projections of the first deck are arranged to be received by the ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6752089 | Pallet elastomer mount A pallet type mount wherein a pair of rigid members each having extensions that spacedly mesh with each other and an elastomer member secured between the rigid members so that when a compressive force is applied to the rigid members the pallet type mount provides co... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6659019 | Folding pallet-stacking device A foldable device for facilitating the stacking of adjacent pairs of pallets loaded with container arrays includes a pair of pivotally-interconnected sections. Each section includes a generally flat bottom surface adapted to rest on a respective top layer... | 12/09/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6167817 | Pallet structure for yarn packages An improved pallet structure having an upper pallet and a lower pallet. The upper pallet includes on its underside, a plurality of upper feet with a plurality of limiting members and slits. A plurality of upper channels are formed between every two neighb... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6131005 | Structure member and image forming apparatus using such structure member A structure member includes a first plate member formed from a thin metal plate and having a plurality of frusto-pyramid projections arranged in a staggered fashion, and a second plate member formed from a thin metal plate and having a plurality of frusto... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6123032 | Thermoplastic pallet An improved load bearing pallet formed of a thermoplastic material is provided. The pallet includes at least an upper deck formed from a sheet of thermoplastic material with a load engaging surface on one side of the sheet, and a lift engaging surface on ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6109190 | Materials handling pallet A molded plastic product and material handling pallet comprising upper and lower pieces of different plastic materials assembled in separable mating registration to provide a pervious product bed and a lower framework of sufficient strength for vertical s... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6029583 | Pallet with attachable upper and lower members A pallet comprising a lower member and an upper member. The lower member includes a base, a plurality of protrusions extending upwardly from the base, and a plurality of holding fingers extending laterally from the protrusions. The upper member is configu... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5967057 | Synthetic resin pallet A synthetic resin pallet including a top board, a bottom board disposed opposite to the top board, and a plurality of cylindrical blocks for connecting the two boards. A fork entry port is formed between the blocks. The synthetic resin pallet is manufactu... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5937767 | Plastic pallet A plastic pallet comprises a pair of deck boards opposed to each other in parallel with each other, a pair of outer girder portions respectively disposed at a pair of opposite side portions of the deck boards, an inner girder portion placed midway between... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5887529 | Modular pallet with interlocking inserts An interlocking modular pallet apparatus and method of construction and de-construction which includes plastic modular components aligned in a two-by-two arrangement with interlocking male and female tabs which connect in a vertically sliding manner to fo... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5860369 | Interlocking modular pallet apparatus and method of construction An interlocking modular pallet apparatus and method of construction which includes plastic modular platform sections aligned in a two-by-two arrangement with interlocking flanges between the adjoining surfaces of the platform sections. A plurality of leg ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5809905 | Vertical interlocking modular pallet apparatus and method of construction An interlocking modular pallet apparatus and method of construction which includes plastic modular platform sections aligned in a two-by-two arrangement with interlocking flanges between the adjoining surfaces of the platform sections, the flanges interlo... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5582113 | Modular pallet A modular pallet is made up of plural injection molded plastic pallet members, each of which has a plurality of posts spaced apart from each other and depending from a deck portion of the pallet member. The pallet members may be rectangular, square or of ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5505141 | Plastic pallet A plastic pallet is formed of two identical interlocking and mating components joined along a common center plane. At least one internal component is stepped, with the steps of two components fitting together to interlock the two components together when ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5404829 | Rackable plastic pallet A plastic pallet including an upper plastic platform structure defining a load receiving surface and a lower plastic base structure defining the pallet support surface. The platform structure and the base structure are interconnected by leg or strut struc... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5090336 | Plastic shipping platform blank and shipping platform A plastic shipping platform formed from a unitary sheet of plastic material having a length, a width and a thickness and provided with a plurality of spaced apart widthwise extending fold lines, integral support support columns and cut-out portions so tha... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4799433 | Large capacity shipping pallet assembly A shipping pallet assembly which has the versatility of being interengaged with another identical pallet deck to serve as a base member or with separate foot members. The versatile shipping pallet assembly offers the advantages of reduced tooling costs in... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4597338 | Pallet A pallet is assembled from two identical pallet halves of a molded plastic material, such as polypropylene. Each pallet half is formed with a rigid, rectangular, load supporting platform having symmetrically disposed rows of support posts and latching leg... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4403555 | Pallet for use in handling material A pallet for the handling and transportation of material which is molded of plastic. The pallet is fabricated from a top and base, these two generally similar molded half sections being joined together to form an integral unit. Each such section has a bor... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4220100 | Symmetrical pallets A composite pallet comprised of a plurality of structural components including a pair of solid, exterior decks, an interior fork entry core portion and a pair of load distributing truss members, located, stressed and locked in place by means of a perimete... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4133270 | Platform for the lifting and handling of goods A platform for the lifting and handling of goods comprising a base frame, a loading frame, both made of a polymeric material, and superimposed on one another, and uprights extending between and connecting the frames. The loading frame is formed by a pair ... | 01/09/1979 |
| 3938448 | Plastic pallet Two component parts of thermoplastic resin each being constructed with a deck board having integrally formed on one surface thereof a plurality of girders being disposed along opposite edge portions at each corner thereon and therebetween and along a line... | 02/17/1976 |
