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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1978
James M Cook, III, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Dennis M Foy, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Lyle H Shuert, Rochester, MI (US);
Oakland Plastics Corporation, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A pallet system including two embodiments of a pallet having a deck including four sides and providing a load-supporting surface. A plurality of spaced hollow legs project from the opposite side of the deck and a plurality of hollow reinforcing ribs project from the opposite surface to define channels in the load-supporting surface. A hollow ridge projects from the opposite surface and extends along the sides at the periphery of the deck to define a groove in the load-supporting surface for receiving the bottom edge of a wall. There is at least one transverse rib projecting from the opposite surface and extending between opposite sides of the deck to define a transverse groove in the load-supporting surface for receiving the bottom edge of a transverse wall whereby walls may extend upwardly from the deck to divide and separate the load-supporting surface into discrete areas. The channels defined by the reinforcing ribs have a larger dimension than do the grooves defined by the ridges for receiving the edges of walls. The reinforcing ribs include a first plurality of ribs extending between corner legs and parallel to opposite sides with a second plurality of ribs extending perpendicular to the first plurality of ribs and having ends terminating short of the first plurality of ribs so as to be spaced therefrom.