IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0638263
(2006-12-12)
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등록번호 |
US-7802527
(2010-10-21)
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우선권정보 |
CN-2006 3 0037600(2006-06-12) |
발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
8 인용 특허 :
18 |
초록
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In one example, a pallet is disclosed comprising a first pallet comprising a first side wall. The first wall has a length and a first groove lying in a plane and extending along the entire length. A second pallet comprising a second side wall is adjacent to the first side wall. The second side wall
In one example, a pallet is disclosed comprising a first pallet comprising a first side wall. The first wall has a length and a first groove lying in a plane and extending along the entire length. A second pallet comprising a second side wall is adjacent to the first side wall. The second side wall has a second length and a second groove lying in the plane and extending along the entire second length. The second groove faces the first groove and is aligned with the first groove in the plane, along the entire first and second lengths. A connecting member is within the aligned first and second grooves to connect the first and second pallets. Two unit, four unit, and larger pallets may be made. A method of using such pallets is also described.
대표청구항
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I claim: 1. A pallet comprising: first, second, third, and fourth pallet units, each pallet unit having a respective supporting surface comprising a front edge, a rear edge, and a first side edge extending from the front edge to the rear edge, each pallet unit further comprising a first side wall d
I claim: 1. A pallet comprising: first, second, third, and fourth pallet units, each pallet unit having a respective supporting surface comprising a front edge, a rear edge, and a first side edge extending from the front edge to the rear edge, each pallet unit further comprising a first side wall depending from the first side edge, the first side wall extending from the front edge to the rear edge; wherein: the first side wall of the first pallet unit is adjacent to the first side wall of the second pallet; the first side wall of the third pallet unit is adjacent to the first side wall of the fourth pallet unit; the rear edge of the first pallet unit is adjacent to the front edge of the third pallet unit: and the rear edge of the second pallet unit is adjacent to the front edge of the fourth pallet unit; the first side walls of the first and second pallets each define respective first and second grooves each having open ends proximate the respective front and rear edges, the first and second grooves facing each other, being aligned with each other, and lying in a same first plane; the first side walls of the third and fourth pallets each define respective third and fourth grooves each having open ends proximate the respective front and rear edges, the third and fourth grooves facing each other, being aligned with each other and lying in the same first plane; and an open end of the first groove being adjacent to an open end of the third groove and an open end of the second groove being adjacent to an open end of the fourth groove, such that the first, second, third and fourth grooves are aligned and lie in the same first plane; the pallet further comprising: a single connecting member within the entire first, second, third, and fourth grooves to connect the first, second, third, and fourth pallet units to each other, the single connecting member extending an entire length from the front edges of the first and second pallets to the rear edges of the third and fourth pallets. 2. The pallet of claim 1, wherein the first plane is a horizontal plane. 3. The pallet of claim 2, wherein the connecting member comprises a horizontally extending plate. 4. The pallet of claim 3, wherein the horizontally extending plate comprises a single flat plate. 5. The pallet of claim 4, wherein the single flat plate has the same length as the first and second lengths. 6. The pallet of claim 3, further comprising a member coupled to the plate and extending out of the first and second grooves. 7. The pallet of claim 6, wherein the member comprises a string or rope. 8. The pallet of claim 1, further comprising: a clamp securing adjacent units together. 9. The pallet of claim 1, wherein the supporting surfaces of the first, second, third, and fourth pallet units each further comprise: a second side edge side edge opposite the first side edge, and the a second side wall depending from the second side edge; wherein the first and second side walls of the first, second, third, and fourth pallet units each define respective spaces to receive a respective fork of a forklift or handlift. 10. The pallet of claim 9, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth pallet units each further comprise: a lower surface opposing the supporting surface, the lower surface being coupled to the respective first, second, and third side walls, respectively. 11. The pallet of claim 9, wherein the supporting surfaces each comprise a plurality of surfaces. 12. The pallet of claim 10, wherein the lower surfaces each comprise a plurality of surfaces. 13. The pallet of claim 1, wherein each first side is compressible by the weight of sufficient objects on the respective pallet unit, to bear against the connecting member. 14. A method of using a pallet comprising: positioning a first pallet unit comprising a first side wall having a first groove extending completely along the first side wall adjacent to a second pallet unit comprising a second side wall having a second groove extending completely along the second side wall and facing the first groove, to align the first and second grooves; positioning a third pallet unit comprising a third side wall having a third groove extending completely along the third side wall in front of the first pallet unit to align the third groove with the first groove; positioning a fourth pallet unit comprising a fourth side wall having a fourth groove extending completely along the fourth side wall in front of the second pallet unit and adjacent to the third pallet unit to align the fourth groove with the second groove and the third groove, the first, second, third, and fourth grooves defining a slot with a first open end and a second open end; inserting a single connecting member through the first open end of the slot to the second open end of the slot to connect the first, second, third, and fourth pallet units to each other, the single connecting member having a length at least as long as a length from the first open end to the second open end; and moving the connected first, second, third, and fourth pallet units to a second location. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising: loading at least the first pallet with a load, prior to positioning the first and second pallets. 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising securing the first load to the first pallet. 17. The method of claim 15, further comprising wrapping the load on the first pallet with plastic. 18. The method of claim 14, further comprising: loading the first pallet with a first load; loading the second pallet with a second load; loading the third pallet with a third load; loading the fourth pallet with a fourth load; and wrapping the first, second, third, and fourth loads to each other with plastic. 19. The method of claim 14, further comprising: removing the connecting member at the second location; and moving the first pallet to a third location. 20. The method of claim 14, further comprising: loading the first pallet with a first load comprising a first product; and loading the second pallet with a second load comprising a second product different than the first product. 21. A pallet comprising: a first pallet unit comprising: a first supporting surface having a first front horizontally extending edge, a first rear horizontally extending edge, and a first side horizontally extending edge having a first length extending from the front horizontally extending edge to the rear horizontally extending edge; and a first side wall depending vertically from the entire first length of the first side horizontally extending edge and having a second length the same as the first length, the first side wall having a first continuous groove lying in a plane and extending horizontally along the entire second length, the first continuous groove having an open front end at the first front horizontally extending edge and an open rear end at the first rear horizontally extending edge; a second pallet unit comprising: a second supporting surface having a second front horizontally extending edge, a second rear horizontally extending edge, and a second side horizontally extending edge having a second length extending from the second front horizontally extending edge to the second rear horizontally extending edge; and a second side wall depending vertically from the entire second length of the second horizontally extending edge, adjacent to the first side wall, the second side wall having a third length the same as the second length and a second continuous groove lying in the plane and extending horizontally along the entire second length, the second continuous groove having an open front end at the second front horizontally extending edge and an open rear end at the second rear horizontally extending edge, the second groove facing the first groove and being aligned with the first groove in the plane; and a third pallet unit comprising: a third supporting surface having a third front horizontally extending edge, a third rear horizontally extending edge, and a third side horizontally extending edge having a third length extending from the third front horizontally extending edge to the third rear horizontally extending edge; and a third side wall depending vertically from the entire third length of the third horizontally extending edge, the third side wall having a third continuous groove lying in a plane and extending horizontally along the entire third length, the third continuous groove having an open front end at the third front horizontally extending edge and an open rear end at the rear horizontally extending edge; and a fourth pallet unit comprising: a fourth supporting surface having a fourth front horizontally extending edge, a fourth rear horizontally extending edge, and a fourth side horizontally extending edge having a fourth length extending from the fourth front horizontally extending edge to the fourth rear horizontally extending edge; and a fourth side wall depending vertically from the fourth edge, adjacent to the third side wall, the fourth side wall having a fourth continuous groove lying in a plane and extending horizontally along the entire fourth length, the fourth continuous groove having an open front end at the fourth front horizontally extending edge and an open rear end at the fourth rear horizontally extending edge, the fourth continuous groove facing the third continuous groove and being aligned with the third continuous groove in the plane; and the third and fourth pallet units being adjacent to the first and second pallet units such that the first and third continuous grooves and the second and fourth continuous grooves are aligned in the same plane; a single connecting member being within the entire first continuous groove, the entire second continuous groove, the entire third continuous groove, and the entire fourth continuous groove, to connect the first, second, third, and fourth pallet units to each other.
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