PRESSURE RELIEF PIVOT ATTACHED OR INTEGRATED TO AN UNDERSIDE BALANCING POINT OF A PALLET

Abstract

A pivot point for pallets is provided to enable rotation of the pallet rotation about the pivot point when loaded and seated on a floor. The pivot point may be a pressure relief pivot spherical cap or spherical dome that is attached or integrated to a balancing point along an underside of the bottom deck of the pallet.

Description

Claims

1. A pivotable pallet having a pivot point operatively associated to a balancing point along an underside of the pivotable pallet.

2. The pivotable pallet of claim 1, wherein the pivot point comprises a pressure relief pivot that protrudes out of plane of said underside so that when the pivotable pallet is along a supporting surface, the pressure relief pivot interfaces with said supporting surface.

3. The pivotable pallet of claim 2, wherein the pressure relief pivot is molded during formation of the pivotable pallet.

4. The pivotable pallet of claim 2, wherein the pressure relief pivot is a spherical cap.

5. The pivotable pallet of claim 2, wherein the pressure relief pivot is a spherical dome.

6. The pivotable pallet of claim 3, wherein the pressure relief pivot is a spherical dome.

7. The pivotable pallet of claim 2, wherein the underside is a surface along a bottom deck of the pivotable pallet, wherein the pivotable pallet has a top deck spaced apart from the bottom deck so as to define two entries therebetween dimensioned for receiving forks of a forklift.

8. A method of improving a pallet, the method comprising attaching a pivot point to a balancing point along an underside of a bottom deck of said pallet.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the pivot point is a spherical cap.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the pivot point is a spherical dome.