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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2018
Chep Technology Pty Limited, Sydney, AU;
John Thomas Storteboom, Roswell, GA (US);
Jeffrey Ryan Chapin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory Wolos, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kenneth Brandt, Bali, ID;
Daniel J Lantz, Orlando, FL (US);
Oivind Brockmeier, Medford, MA (US);
Brandon Michael D'Emidio, Roswell, GA (US);
CHEP Technology Pty Limited, Sydney, AU;
Abstract
A pallet includes a top deck having upper tower openings therein, and a bottom deck. Spaced apart support blocks are coupled between the top and bottom decks so as to form a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member. Each support block includes an outer wall enclosing a center area, a core structure within the center area, and an upper tower extending outwards from the core structure and into a corresponding upper tower opening in the top deck. This is to provide a shear load transfer during impact with the lifting member. First ribs are within an interior area of the upper tower.