Half pallet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10737832-B2
Application number	US-201916376488-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2019
Priority date	Apr 5, 2018
Publication date	Aug 11, 2020
Grant date	Aug 11, 2020

Abstract

A half pallet includes a deck having opposite front and rear edges and opposite end edges. The end edges are shorter than the front and rear edges. End supports below the deck are adjacent end edges of the deck. The deck extends forward and rearward of the end supports. Each of the end supports includes a front edge recessed from the front edge of the deck and a rear edge recessed from the rear edge of the deck. Each end support prevents entry of a fork tine between the front edge of the end support and the rear edge of the end support.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A half pallet comprising:
a deck having opposite front and rear edges and opposite end edges, wherein the end edges are shorter than the front and rear edges; and
end supports below the deck adjacent end edges of the deck, each end support having an outer wall extending continuously from a front edge to a rear edge of each end support, wherein the deck has cantilevered portions forward and rearward of the end supports and wherein the cantilevered portions extend approximately four inches forward and rearward of the end supports.

2. The half pallet of claim 1 wherein each of the end supports includes the front edge recessed from the front edge of the deck and the rear recessed from the rear edge of the deck.

3. The half pallet of claim 2 wherein each end support prevents entry of a fork tine between the front edge of the end support and the rear edge of the end support.

4. The half pallet of claim 1 further including a center support below the deck and between the end supports.

5. The half pallet of claim 4 further including at least one resilient grommet secured to a lower surface of one of the cantilevered portions of the deck.

6. The half pallet of claim 4 wherein the end edges of the deck are approximately 18-26 inches and the front and rear edges of the deck are approximately 36-50 inches.

7. The half pallet of claim 4 wherein the deck is approximately 24 inches by approximately 40 inches.

8. The half pallet of claim 7 wherein the deck includes an upper deck portion including an upper planar portion with ribs projecting downwardly therefrom, and wherein the deck further includes a lower deck portion including a lower planar portion with ribs projecting upwardly therefrom, wherein the ribs of the upper deck portion are joined to the ribs of the lower deck portion, wherein the lower deck portion is integrally molded with the end supports and the center support.

9. The half pallet of claim 8 wherein the deck further includes a handle opening centered between the front edge and the rear edge, wherein the handle opening is positioned between the center support and one of the end supports.

10. The half pallet of claim 7 wherein a distance from the front edge of the end support to the rear edge of the end support is approximately 16 inches.

11. The half pallet of claim 10 in combination with a pair of tines spaced apart from one another by a distance smaller than the distance from the front edge of the end support to the rear edge of the end support.

12. The half pallet and pair of tines of claim 11 wherein the distance between the pair of tines is greater than a width of the center support such that the half pallet can be lifted by the pair of tines.

13. The half pallet of claim 1 further including at least one resilient grommet secured to a lower surface of the deck.

14. A half pallet comprising:
a deck having opposite front and rear edges and opposite end edges, wherein the end edges of the deck are approximately 18-26 inches and the front and rear edges of the deck are approximately 36-50 inches; and
end supports below the deck adjacent end edges of the deck, wherein each of the end supports includes a front edge recessed from the front edge of the deck and a rear edge recessed from the rear edge of the deck, wherein each end support prevents entry of a fork tine between the front edge of the end support and the rear edge of the end support.

15. The half pallet of claim 14 further including a center support below the deck and between the end supports and wherein the deck has cantilevered portions forward and rearward of the end supports and of the center support and wherein the cantilevered portions extend approximately four inches forward and rearward of the end supports.

16. The half pallet of claim 15 wherein the deck is approximately 24 inches by approximately 40 inches.

17. The half pallet of claim 14 wherein the end supports are flush with the end edges of the deck.

18. In combination:
a pair of tines spaced apart from one another by a tine distance; and
a half pallet comprising:
a deck having opposite front and rear edges and opposite end edges, wherein the end edges are shorter than the front and rear edges, wherein the deck is approximately 24 inches by approximately 40 inches;
end supports below the deck adjacent end edges of the deck, wherein the deck has cantilevered portions forward and rearward of the end supports and wherein the cantilevered portions extend approximately four inches forward and rearward of the end supports, wherein a distance from the front edge of each end support to the rear edge of each end support is approximately 16 inches, wherein the tine distance is smaller than the distance from the front edge of the end support to the rear edge of the end support; and
a center support below the deck and between the end supports.

19. The half pallet and pair of tines of claim 18 wherein the tine distance is greater than a width of the center support such that the half pallet can be lifted by the pair of tines.

Assignees

• Rehrig Pacific Co

Inventors

• Apps William P
• Rezende Mariel
• Guerry Brian Robert

Classifications

• B65D19/0016 Primary

  and each contact surface having a stringer-like shape · CPC title

• B65D2519/00273

  made of more than one piece · CPC title

• B65D2519/00268

  made of one piece · CPC title

• B65D2519/00069

  Plastic · CPC title

• B65D2519/00363

  grid type, e.g. perforated plate · CPC title