Pallet for containing and transporting objects

Abstract

The present invention relates to a novel pallet design to hold and transport products from the point of manufacture to the point of sale. The advantage of this pallet design is that it provides the necessary means for coupling at each corner, a vertical profile which in turn is attached by an upper frame, because of which there is no need to change the product from the pallet in the trajectory from the factory to the point of sale, since the fixing of vertical profiles to the pallet together with the upper frame provide the product with the security and necessary firmness for the transportation of the same. One of the most important pieces of the present invention are the corner lugs, which are disposed in each of the corners of the pallet, and an angular cut which works together with a fastening sleeve coupled to the corner lug so as to form a hollow space of the required size to receive vertical profiles and keep them firm and strong during the whole trajectory of the product. There are also other lugs in a preferred embodiment of the invention which are disposed in a cross shape and their function along with the corner lugs is to support the weight of the product and provide firmness to the structure of the pallet. One of the advantages of the lugs is that in an embodiment of the invention they may be manufactured from recycled materials such as used tires.

1 . A pallet to hold and transport objects including a horizontal upper frame attached at its corners to four vertical profiles, an upper base that includes support elements with angular cuts at the corners, a plurality of support elements with angular cuts to provide stiffness and support to the pallet, a plurality of lugs of different features, which are attached with a fastening sleeve and a lower base wherein rests the whole structure and which provides the space where the lift fingers are inserted. 
     
     
         2 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the upper frame has as object to shape a structure to attach the profiles with the structure in order to conform a cube within of which the objects to be transported are disposed. 
     
     
         3 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the upper base comprises a plurality of support elements, all of them disposed in the same sense. 
     
     
         4 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the upper base provides stiffness and the necessary strength to withstand the weight that will be placed on it. 
     
     
         5 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the angular cuts of the support elements are disposed in such a way that allows the fitted insertion of the profiles in the same with such a play that the profiles are not excessive adjusted so as to prevent possible breakage. 
     
     
         6 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the cuts are disposed at a right angle on the outside of the corners. 
     
     
         7 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the lugs consist of a sleeve and a plate, and are disposed in two versions which are the corner lugs and the central lugs. 
     
     
         8 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the lugs are disposed in the corners of the pallet so as to receive the profiles. 
     
     
         9 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the central lugs are disposed forming a cross and the support elements rest in the same. 
     
     
         10 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the lugs are disposed as may be desired depending on the weight and materials to be loaded. 
     
     
         11 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the corner or rectangular lug can be made of a material consisting of wood, sheetrock, or used tire wastes. 
     
     
         12 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the lugs are made of a material consisting of used tire wastes. 
     
     
         13 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the lugs structurally comprise a first end wall, and a second end wall, a pair of opposing holes being one mirror image of the other, disposed at the opposite ends of the plate in the lug. 
     
     
         14 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the fastening sleeve comprises a first inner fastening wall, a second inner fastening wall and two sleeve contact rims or edges which allow the lug to be fixed with the sleeve. 
     
     
         15 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the rectangular corner lug is assembled with the fastening sleeve by inserting the contact edges of the sleeve with the vertical contact surfaces; the assembly produces a hollow space wherein the profiles are disposed. 
     
     
         16 . The pallet according to  claim 1 , wherein the hollow space works jointly with the angular cuts so as to receive and store the vertical profiles, achieving therewith the assembly of the part.