Claims
- 1. A hollow pallet comprising a deck wall, an underside supporting the deck wall, the underside including a plurality of legs, at least one leg of the plurality of legs having an inwardly inclined structure having a portion that contacts the deck wall to provide support, the structure forming a section of a wall of at least one leg having the structure and includes at least ten percent of the area of the bottom of the leg.
- 2. The pallet of claim 1 wherein the structure also includes a substantially V-shaped rounded vertex adjacent an inner surface of a side wall of the leg that has the structure to provide side impact resistance.
- 3. The pallet of claim 2 wherein the plurality of legs includes a set of three outer legs along each opposing side of the pallet and three middle legs between the two sets of three outer legs with a diamond kiss-off depression in at least four of the six outer legs, and a floral kiss-off structure in each of the three middle legs.
- 4. The pallet of claim 1 wherein the inwardly inclined structure is a diamond kiss-off depression.
- 5. The pallet of claim 1 wherein the inwardly inclined structure is a floral kiss-off structure.
- 6. The pallet of claim 5 wherein the inwardly inclined structure is a star kiss-off structure.
- 7. The pallet of claim 5 wherein the portion that contacts the deck wall is a series of concave kiss-off structures that extend toward and are in contact with the deck wall.
- 8. The pallet of claim 1 wherein the deck wall includes ribbing.
- 9. The pallet of claim 8 wherein the deck wall includes a dual entry rib configuration having a plurality of ribs.
- 10. The pallet of claim 9 wherein at least one of the plurality of ribs includes a dimple in contact with the underside.
- 11. The pallet of claim 1 wherein the structure includes a kiss-off depression as the portion that contacts the deck wall.
- 12. The pallet of claim 1 wherein the structure is free of right angles, sharp edges, and corners.
- 13. The pallet of claim 1 wherein the pallet is formed of a unitary, one-piece, continuous wall of plastic.
- 14. The pallet of claim 1 further comprising nubbins that rise above the deck wall above the outer legs.
- 15. The pallet of claim 14 further comprising corresponding recesses in the outer legs of the pallet adapted to receive nubbins of another pallet.
- 16. The pallet of claim 1 having a uniform wall thickness.
- 17. The pallet of claim 1 further comprising a metal bar inserted between the deck wall and the underside.
- 18. The pallet of claim 1 further comprising partially planar wall sections on the underside between the plurality of legs including cavities adapted to accommodate reinforcement bars.
- 19. A continuous surface, hollow pallet having a deck wall and a plurality of legs beneath the deck wall, each having a wall with an inner and an outer surface, at least one of the plurality of legs including a structure with a substantially V-shaped rounded vertex adjacent the inner surface of a side wall of the leg having the structure.
- 20. The hollow pallet of claim 19 wherein the structure is a substantially diamond-shaped structure in at least one of the plurality of legs, the structure having a rounded vertex adjacent the inner surface of at least two side walls of the leg with the structure.
- 21. The pallet of claim 20 wherein the pallet is rectangular, the pallet having diamond-shaped structures in at least two legs so that there are four diamond-shaped structures, one in each corner of the rectangular pallet.
- 22. The pallet of claim 19 having a uniform wall thickness.
- 23. The pallet of claim 19 wherein the deck wall includes ribbing.
- 24. The pallet of claim 23 wherein the deck wall includes a dual entry rib configuration having a plurality of ribs.
- 25. A plastic one-piece, hollow, continuous wall pallet, the pallet comprising a substantially flat deck wall with ribbing having ribs and channels, a plurality of legs, and partially planar wall sections between the legs on an underside of the pallet, wherein a portion of the underside is in contact with the channels of the ribbing to provide support.
- 26. The pallet of claim 25 wherein the portion of the underside in contact with the channels is one of the partially planar wall sections.
- 27. The pallet of claim 25 wherein the portion of the underside in contact with the channels is a structure in one of the plurality of legs.
- 28. The pallet of claim 25 wherein the ribs do not extend across the deck and each rib has a channel on at least two sides, wherein the channels extend completely across the deck in both lateral and longitudinal directions.
- 29. The pallet of 28 wherein at least three sets of ribs are aligned in the lateral and longitudinal directions across the pallet.
- 30. The pallet of claim 24 further comprising cavities in the partially planar wall sections adapted to accommodate reinforcement bars.
- 31. The pallet of claim 24 further comprising a bar inserted between the deck wall and at least one of the partially planar wall sections.
- 32. A deck of a pallet having dual entry rib configuration with ribbing having ribs and channels, the channels extend completely across the deck in both the lateral or longitudinal directions, and wherein the ribs do not extend across the deck in either the lateral or longitudinal directions, and each rib has a channel on at least two sides intersecting at a rounded vertex.
- 33. The pallet of claim 32 wherein at least five sets of ribs are aligned in the lateral direction across the pallet and at least five sets of ribs are aligned in the longitudinal direction across the pallet.
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/821,475, filed Mar. 29, 2001.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
09821475 |
Mar 2001 |
US |
Child |
10144627 |
May 2002 |
US |