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Design Pallets, Inc.

Lifdek Corporation

Olvey, Douglas A.

Sketo, James L.

Innovative Pallet Designs, Inc.

Douglas A Olvey

James L Sketo

Christopher W Gabrys

Joseph J Danko

Sean G Gumbert

A corrugated pallet produced from two flat blanks is provided. The pallet may include a pallet top, a pallet bottom, and a plurality of corner straps locking the pallet top to the pallet bottom. Each of the pallet top and the pallet bottom may include folded portions, the folded portions of the pallet top interlocking with the folded portions of the pallet bottom when the pallet top and the pallet bottom are assembled to each other in nested relation. The pallet top may define a top surface of the pallet. The pallet bottom may define a bottom surface of the pallet. The corner straps may lock into one or both of the pallet top and the pallet bottom from the top or bottom surfaces of the pallet.

Corrugated pallet

A corrugated paperboard pallet is produced from two flat blanks which comprise a pallet top and a pallet bottom. The two blanks are each folded to produce only two parallel vertically extending double thickness ribs, three horizontal panels, two vertical side walls and two horizontal flaps. The ribs of the pallet top and pallet bottom lock each other from opening in the center of the pallet by intersecting perpendicularly with notches in the ribs. The horizontal flaps lock the ribs from opening at the edges of the pallet by intersecting perpendicularly with notches, and the vertical sidewalls include vertical flaps that open inward defining fork passages whereby the vertical flaps lock said horizontal flaps from opening.

A foldably constructed force-resisting structure comprises a top member and a bottom member foldably constructed and assembled from one or more blanks of sheet material, preferably corrugated paperboard, initially in a flat condition. The top member includes a base panel and at least one side portion folded downwardly from the base panel. The bottom member includes a base panel and at least one side portion folded upwardly from the base panel. The top and bottom members are assembled in nested relation to define an interior of the force-resisting structure between the base panels, which are at least substantially parallel to one another. The force-resisting structure includes a vertical support rib structure in the interior defining an X-shaped or cross-shaped configuration. The support rib structure is foldably constructed from the top member base panel and/or the bottom member base panel and provides vertical support for a load disposed on the base panel of the top member.

Interlock for nested top and bottom panels of foldably constructed force-resisting structures

Foldably constructed force-resisting structures having interior support ribs

Foldably constructed force-resisting structures having interior vertical support ribs

A foldably constructed force-resisting structure comprises a top member and a bottom member foldably constructed and assembled from one or more blanks of sheet material, preferably corrugated paperboard, initially in a flat condition prior to folding. The bottom member includes a base panel and at least one interior support flap folded from the base panel to provide vertical support for a base panel of the top member disposed at least substantially parallel to the base panel of the bottom member. The top and bottom members may be interlockingly secured in various ways by interengagement of various portions of the one or more blanks themselves.

Foldably constructed force-resisting structures

An easel or book stand for the support of a book or booklet utilizing front and rear panels movable into a spread-apart relationship. An elongate base member attached between the lower edges of the panels includes a first flexible elongate component hingedly connected along the lower edge of the front panel as well as to a second elongate component. The second elongate component has a slightly greater width than the first elongate component, and through an intermediate base member, has a connection with the lower edge of the rear panel. The front panel, when its lower edge is moved a bit rearwardly from its spread-apart relationship with the rear panel, causes the first and second elongate components to move into an adjacent, substantially coplanar relationship. The first and second elongate components are together rotatable between an outwardly-extending, book-receiving position along the lower edge of the front panel, and an upward position in which the elongate components are in essential parallelism with the front panel. The first elongate component, being of lesser width than the second elongate component, serves as some support for the lower edge of the front panel during such upward rotation of the elongate components, with the portion of the weight of the front panel borne by the first elongate component contributing to the development of an automatic bias holding the second elongate component in firm contact with the lower edge of a book residing adjacent the front panel.

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Longwood, FL, United States of America

Douglas A Olvey