초록 ▼

A pallet includes a number of runners which may be sandwiched between upper and lower face sheets of corrugated paperboard. Each runner is comprised of multiple layers of corrugated paperboard with the flutes of the corrugations oriented vertically to provide compression strength to the runners and

A pallet includes a number of runners which may be sandwiched between upper and lower face sheets of corrugated paperboard. Each runner is comprised of multiple layers of corrugated paperboard with the flutes of the corrugations oriented vertically to provide compression strength to the runners and the associated pallet. Each runner also may include at least one reinforcing insert most preferably of hardboard to provide beam strength to the runner and a band to avoid failure without a prior indication. Moreover, each runner may include portals which permit four-way entry for the tines of a lift truck and inhibit tipping of the load off of the tines. As a result, the pallet offers significantly greater safety features, strength and resistence to crushing or compression than known paperboard pallet designs, avoids the significant ecological and economic drawbacks of wooden pallets and can be processed in a paperboard recycling station along with paperboard containers, boxes or the like.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A pallet for supporting a load during transit and storage comprising:a plurality of spaced, generally parallel runners, each of the runners comprising a plurality of layers of paperboard adhered together in a generally vertical orientation; at least two spaced portals in each of the runners, the

1. A pallet for supporting a load during transit and storage comprising:a plurality of spaced, generally parallel runners, each of the runners comprising a plurality of layers of paperboard adhered together in a generally vertical orientation; at least two spaced portals in each of the runners, the respective portals of each of the runners being aligned with one another so that tines of a lift truck can be inserted into the portals in a direction generally perpendicular to the runners for lifting the pallet and the load supported thereon, each of the portals being spaced from a bottom surface of the runner to inhibit the pallet and load from tipping off of the tines when inserted therein, the runners being spaced so that the tines can alternatively be inserted generally parallel to the runners for lifting the pallet and load; a generally planar deck sheet joined to each of the runners; and a band in each of the runners to inhibit a rupture and indicate a failure of the runner under load by allowing the runner to deflect prior to failure; wherein the band is adhered to one of the layers of the associated runner.