Pallet structure with air bag structure, cabinet device with pallet structure, and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10981695-B2
Application number	US-201715468095-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2017
Priority date	Oct 26, 2016
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

A pallet structure includes at least one bottom plate and at least one air bag. The at least one bottom plate is disposed on a bottom side of the cabinet for supporting the cabinet. The at least one air bag is detachably installed on a bottom side of the at least one bottom plate. The at least one air bag is inflated to prop the at least one bottom plate against the cabinet upwardly until at least one supporting component of the cabinet leaves away from a supporting surface, so as to effectively absorb a shock load during transportation of the cabinet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pallet structure capable of absorbing a shock load when transporting a cabinet, the pallet structure comprising:
at least one bottom plate for supporting the cabinet;
at least one air bag detachably installed on the at least one bottom plate, when the at least one air bag is inflated, the at least one air bag propping the at least one bottom plate against the cabinet upwardly to drive at least one supporting component of the cabinet to leave away from a supporting surface, and when the at least one air bag is deflated, the at least one bottom plate lowering the cabinet to drive the at least one supporting component to contact the supporting surface;
a plurality of lateral plates abutting against at least one lateral side of the cabinet; and
a plurality of adjusting modules, each of the plurality of adjusting modules comprises two rods slidably disposed on the corresponding lateral plate and a connecting component slidably connected between the two rods disposed on the two adjacent lateral plates, the connecting component being located at a corner of the cabinet, and each of the lateral plates being located between two corresponding adjusting modules of the plurality of adjusting modules.

2. The pallet structure of claim 1 , wherein the at least one air bag comprises a plurality of air bags and the pallet structure further comprises an inflating pipe assembly connected between the plurality of air bags and for inflating the plurality of air bags at the same time.

3. The pallet structure of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of adjusting modules further comprises a plurality of fixing components, a sliding slot is formed on each of the plurality of rods, an adjusting slot is formed on each of two ends of each of the plurality of connecting components, at least one of the plurality of fixing components passes through the corresponding sliding slot to be fixed onto the corresponding lateral plate for restraining a relative movement between the corresponding rod and the corresponding lateral plate, and at least another one of the plurality of fixing components passes through the corresponding sliding slot and the corresponding adjusting slot to be fixed onto the corresponding connecting component for restraining a relative movement between the corresponding rod and the corresponding connecting component.

4. The pallet structure of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of connecting components is substantially formed in an L-shape.

Assignees

• Wistron Corp
• Wiwynn Corp

Inventors

• Jiang Jheng-Ying

Classifications

• B65D2519/00761

  the surface being variable, e.g. extendable pallets (B65D2519/00746 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D2585/647

  furniture · CPC title

• B65D19/44

  Elements or devices for locating articles on platforms · CPC title

• B65D81/022

  Containers made of shock-absorbing material (B65D81/03 takes precedence; for thermal insulating purposes B65D81/3813) · CPC title

• B65D2519/00815

  on the pallet · CPC title