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Patent No.:

US 7878126 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2006
Applicants:

Gary G. Markert, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);

Ronald R. Schoenberg, Centennial, CO (US);

Robert A. Ross, Denver, CO (US);

Paul H. Beauregard, Bennett, CO (US);

Robert F. Flynn, Littleton, CO (US);

Inventors:

Gary G. Markert, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);

Ronald R. Schoenberg, Centennial, CO (US);

Robert A. Ross, Denver, CO (US);

Paul H. Beauregard, Bennett, CO (US);

Robert F. Flynn, Littleton, CO (US);

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A pallet sheet has a substantially planar, centrally located base region, and a pair of upwardly angled edge portions. The upper surface portion of the pallet sheet is provided with a plurality of upwardly oriented collapsible cleats for enhancing cushioning and frictional characteristics, and in addition, upwardly and downwardly oriented cleats are also disposed upon the upper and lower surface portions of the upwardly angled edge portions so as to provide enhanced gripping characteristics for the pallet sheet by a gripper bar mechanism of a motorized transport vehicle. Still further, a support system is provided for supporting a plurality of pallet sheets thereon wherein the oppositely disposed edge portions of the pallet sheets can be maintained at their desired predetermined angle.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Markert, Gary. (2011). Pallet sheet with upwardly angled edge portions with oppositely oriented cleats for enhanced gripping (U.S. Patent No. 7878126). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7878126

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