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Coca-cola Enterprises Inc.

Coca-cola Refreshments Usa, Inc.

Robert W Grace

Norman C Strohfus

David J Glancy

Joseph D Krawczyk

William Patrick Apps

Phillip C Hwang

A method of utilizing a mini-pallet to create, organize, and move product stacks is provided where orders are preloaded on mini-pallets, placed in a trailer and then offloaded by account location with a hand truck.

Method of distributing product utilizing preloaded mini-pallets

A series of transport carts are positioned in side by side relation in fore and aft extending spaced apart rows disposed along a delivery van to leave an aisle between them. The carts have wheel supported upright frames with bottom supports for the products disposed at a level above the floor of the van and open fronts from which the carts can be unloaded. The carts have rear posts which are disengageably locked in track sections provided in longitudinally spaced relation along the van side walls. Pallets with discs projecting downwardly from the floors of the pallets support the product stacks on the cart bottom supports. A hand truck with a bifurcated nose plate defining disc receiving arms engages under each pallet to enable removal of a pallet and product stack from the cart.

Accessible cart for use with beverage distribution system

Transport carts configured to be locked to the sidewalls of a transportation vehicle for distributing product

Beverage transport cart system and method of its manufacture and operation

A series of transport carts ( ) are positioned in side by side relation in fore and aft extending spaced apart rows disposed along a delivery van ( ) to leave an aisle ( ) between them. The carts have wheel supported frames ( ) with bottom supports ( ) for the products disposed at a level above the floor of the van and open fronts from which the carts can be unloaded. The carts have rear posts ( ) which are disengageably locked in track sections ( ) provided in longitudinally spaced relation along the van side walls. Pallets ( ) with discs ( ) projecting downwardly from the floors of the pallets support the product stacks on the cart bottom supports. A hand truck with a bifurcated nose plate defining disc receiving arms engages under each pallet to enable removal of a pallet and product stack ( ) from the cart.

Beverage distribution system and method of its manufacture and operation

A method of utilizing a mini-pallet to create, organize, and move product stacks. In a preferred configuration, the mini-pallet is a nestable lightweight shipping tray which provides a convenient means for handling packaged units, in particular packages of beverage containers. The mini-pallet can support loads at an elevation above a supporting surface through the use of a deck supported by two side legs and a central support. The legs are located to facilitate a user in positioning a carrier under the deck for transportation. The central support, in a preferred embodiment, compatibly fits with a designated opening in the lifting portion of the carrier. When not loaded, the mini-pallet is capable of &ldquo;nesting&rdquo; within another mini-pallet for convenient storage.

Method of distributing beverages with improved shipping tray

A vertically accumulating storage and dispensing apparatus for containers and the like wherein the containers are loaded at the top of a tower and selectively dispensed from the bottom. The tower has a frame that defines first and second tower sections, each supporting a number of vertically spaced shelf trays which in turn support the containers which are stacked on the trays when loaded. The shelf trays of each tower section face inwardly toward and are staggered relative to each other. Each tray is mounted for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis and is operated so that when a container is dispensed from a bottom shelf tray, each higher tray beginning at the bottom and progressing upward one at a time, pivots to transfer its carton to the upwardly tilted next lower empty shelf tray. This process is repeated until each container has been transferred to the next lower shelf tray. As a container is loaded at the top of the tower, the shelf trays are operated to pass the container downwardly in zig zag fashion from one tray to another until it reaches the highest unloaded shelf tray.

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Twinsburg, OH, United States of America

Robert W Grace