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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:
Jul. 28, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1985
George E Hand, Excelsior, MN (US);
Roman A Kramer, Bloomington, MN (US);
Interplastic Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a dunnage rack including a molded pallet having a plurality of legs with caster supports integrally secured thereto, and to a method of forming such a dunnage rack. The dunnage rack is formed by first providing a mold for the pallet. A lower end of each leg portion of the mold is then blanked off with a caster support. The caster supports include a base plate arranged to support a caster and a plurality of flanges which extend upwardly from the edge, of the base plate into the mold. The flanges have an irregular surface. In a preferred embodiment, the irregular surface is formed by a plurality of openings or apertures. A molding material introduced into the mold engages the flange irregular surface to secure the caster support to the pallet legs.