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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. 29, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Herbert K Hoedl, Newmarket, Ontario, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156 731 ; 156 735 ; 156293 ; 264 23 ;
Abstract
A novel industrial pallet for use in supporting and moving goods, engageable by conventional forklift trucks, comprises an upper platform, one or more lower planar reinforcements and cylindrical spacers therebetween, defining a space suitable for access of the forks of a forklift truck from all sides. Some or all of the components are made of thermoplastic-type materials, so that the structures can be economically and simply made by friction welding (e.g. spin/vibration welding). Alternatively, a thermoplastic material may be positioned between components, to act as a thermoplastic glue of respective parts on friction welding.