IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0435311
(2006-05-16)
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등록번호 |
US-7597194
(2009-10-20)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Oberliesen, Eric John
- Van Der Kolk, John Clinton
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
4 인용 특허 :
8 |
초록
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According to one aspect of the invention, a shipping container with an integrated pallet has a narrow width adapted for maximum utilization of the available space in standard sea containers, and openings for the tines of a forklift are spaced so that adjustment of the tines is not necessary in order
According to one aspect of the invention, a shipping container with an integrated pallet has a narrow width adapted for maximum utilization of the available space in standard sea containers, and openings for the tines of a forklift are spaced so that adjustment of the tines is not necessary in order to fit the narrower container. The container has an open top, opposite end walls, opposite sidewalls, and a bottom wall. The pallet is attached on top of the bottom wall and comprises a pallet deck, with runners secured between the deck and the bottom wall in inwardly spaced relation to the side edges of the container so that the runners are located inside the fork footprint rather than outside the fork footprint. The tine-receiving openings are thus positioned outboard of the runners and under opposite side edges of the container. The opposite side edges of the container between the pallet deck and the bottom wall are reinforced by down-turned flanges on the pallet deck that are secured to an inner surface of the sidewalls. According to another aspect of the invention, confronting flaps form inner wall panels in the sidewalls or the end walls of a container, and interlocking structure on confronting edges of the flaps lock them together to resist separation thereof.
대표청구항
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The invention claimed is: 1. A shipping container, comprising: a box having a bottom wall, opposite sidewalls, and opposite end walls; a pallet integrated into a bottom portion of the box, above the bottom wall and between the sidewalls and end walls, said pallet comprising a pallet deck in spaced
The invention claimed is: 1. A shipping container, comprising: a box having a bottom wall, opposite sidewalls, and opposite end walls; a pallet integrated into a bottom portion of the box, above the bottom wall and between the sidewalls and end walls, said pallet comprising a pallet deck in spaced relation to the bottom wall, and pallet runners secured to the deck and extending between the deck and the bottom wall in spaced relation to opposite side edges of the container; side flanges are on opposite side edges of said pallet deck, said side flanges extending between said pallet deck and said bottom wall and secured to an inner surface of a respective adjacent said sidewall, said side flanges reinforcing said sidewalls where they extend between said pallet deck and said bottom wall; end flanges are on opposite end edges of said pallet deck, said end flanges extending upwardly from said pallet deck and secured to an inner surface of a respective adjacent said end wall; and tine-receiving openings in said end walls, said tine-receiving openings being located outwardly of said pallet runners, between said pallet runners and adjacent sidewalls of said container and between said pallet deck and said bottom wall. 2. A shipping container as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said pallet runners are secured to both said pallet deck and said bottom wall. 3. A shipping container as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said box is made from a single unitary blank of corrugated paperboard of triple-ply construction; and said pallet deck, including said side and end flanges, is made from a single unitary blank of corrugated paperboard of double-ply construction. 4. A shipping container as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said tine-receiving openings are in both said end walls and said sidewalls for four-way entry of the tines of a forklift. 5. A shipping container as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the tine-receiving openings in the sidewalls are spaced inwardly from opposite ends of the box; and the tine-receiving openings in the sidewalls are spaced apart the same distance as the spacing between the openings in the end walls. 6. A shipping container as claimed in claim 5, wherein: side flanges are on opposite side edges of said pallet deck, said side flanges extending between said pallet deck and said hex bottom wall and secured to an inner surface of a respective adjacent said sidewall, said side flanges reinforcing said hex sidewalls where they extend between said pallet deck and said box bottom wall; and said side flanges are notched in areas in alignment with said tine-receiving openings in said sidewalls. 7. A shipping container as claimed in claim 6, wherein: end flanges are on opposite end edges of said pallet deck, said end flanges extending upwardly from said pallet deck and secured to an inner surface of a respective adjacent said end wall. 8. A shipping container as claimed in claim 7, wherein: said pallet runners are secured to both said pallet deck and said bottom wall. 9. A shipping container as claimed in claim 8, wherein: said box is made from a single unitary blank of corrugated paperboard of triple-ply construction; and said pallet deck, including said side flanges and said end flanges, is made from a single unitary blank of corrugated paperboard of double-ply construction. 10. A shipping container as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said sidewalls comprise inner wall panels and outer wall panels laminated together, and said inner wall panels comprise side flaps foldably connected to said end walls, said side flaps having adjacent confronting end edges, and interlocking structures on said confronting end edges for locking said side flaps together to prevent separation thereof. 11. A shipping container as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said end walls comprise inner wall panels and outer wall panels laminated together, and said inner wall panels comprise end flaps foldably connected to said sidewalls, said end flaps having adjacent confronting end edges, and interlocking structures on said confronting end edges for locking said end flaps together to prevent separation thereof. 12. A shipping container, comprising: a box having a bottom wall, opposite sidewalls, and opposite end walls; one of said sidewalls and said end walls comprising inner wall panels and outer wall panels laminated together, said inner wall panels comprising flaps foldably connected to the other of said sidewalls and end walls, said flaps having adjacent confronting end edges, and interlocking structures on said confronting end edges for locking said flaps together to resist separation thereof; said inner wall panels and outer wall panels are in said sidewalls, and said flaps comprise side flaps foldably joined to the end walls; a pallet is integrated into a bottom portion of the box, above the bottom wall and between the sidewalls and end walls, said pallet comprising a pallet deck extend in parallel to and in spaced relation to the box bottom wall, and pallet runners secured to an underside of the deck and extending between the deck and the bottom wall in parallel relation to the sidewalls and in inwardly spaced relation to opposite side edges of the container; tine-receiving openings are in said end walls for receiving the tines of a forklift, said tine-receiving openings being located outwardly of said runners, between said pallet runners and adjacent sidewalk of said container and between said pallet deck and said box bottom wall; and side flanges are on opposite side edges of said pallet deck, said side flanges extending between said pallet deck and said bottom wall and secured to an inner surface of a respective adjacent said sidewall, said side flanges reinforcing said sidewalls where the extend between said pallet deck and said bottom wall. 13. A shipping container as claimed in claim 12, wherein: said inner wall panels and outer wall panels are in said end walls, and said flaps comprise end flaps foldably joined to the sidewalls.
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