US2025100747A1PendingUtilityA1

Nestable pallet

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Assignee: REHRIG PACIFIC COPriority: Sep 27, 2023Filed: Sep 27, 2024Published: Mar 27, 2025
Est. expirySep 27, 2043(~17.2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Jon P. HassellDane Gin Mun Kalinowski
B65D 2519/0094B65D 2519/00407B65D 19/004B65D 2519/00791B65D 2519/00771B65D 2519/00338B65D 2519/00318B65D 2519/00308B65D 2519/00288B65D 2519/00268B65D 2519/00069B65D 2519/00034B65D 19/40
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Abstract

A nestable pallet includes a deck having a plurality of openings through an upper support surface thereof. A plurality of corner columns extend downward from the deck. The plurality of corner columns are aligned with the plurality of openings through the upper support surface of the deck. The plurality of corner columns each include a front face, a rear face, an outer face, an inner face opposite the outer face, and an angled face between the inner face and the front face. The angled face includes a plurality of vertical corrugations, such as a first vertically-elongated recess between a first vertically-elongated projection and a second vertically-elongated projection.

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A nestable pallet comprising:
 a deck having a plurality of openings through an upper support surface thereof;   a plurality of corner columns extending downward from the deck, the plurality of corner columns aligned with the plurality of openings through the upper support surface of the deck, the plurality of corner columns including a first corner column; and   the first corner column including a front face, a rear face, an outer face and an inner face opposite the outer face, the first corner column further including an angled face between the inner face and the front face, the angled face including a first vertically-elongated recess between a first vertically-elongated projection and a second vertically-elongated projection.   
     
     
         2 . The nestable pallet of  claim 1  wherein the inner face includes a second vertically-elongated recess between a third vertically-elongated projection and the second vertically-elongated projection. 
     
     
         3 . The nestable pallet of  claim 2  further including a first vertical interior rib on an inner surface of the first vertically-elongated recess. 
     
     
         4 . The nestable pallet of  claim 3  further including a second vertical interior rib on an inner surface of the second vertically-elongated projection. 
     
     
         5 . The nestable pallet of  claim 4  further including a third vertical interior rib on an inner surface of the second vertically-elongated recess. 
     
     
         6 . The nestable pallet of  claim 5  wherein the outer face includes a plurality of corrugations. 
     
     
         7 . The nestable pallet of  claim 6  further including an angled gusset on outer surfaces of each of the first vertically-elongated projection, the second vertically-elongated projection, and the third vertically-elongated projection. 
     
     
         8 . The nestable pallet of  claim 7  further including an angled gusset on outer surfaces of the first vertically-elongated recess and the second vertically-elongated recess. 
     
     
         9 . The nestable pallet of  claim 8  wherein the deck includes a plurality of intersecting ribs and where each of the angled gussets is contiguous with a different one of the plurality of intersecting ribs. 
     
     
         10 . The nestable pallet of  claim 9  wherein the deck includes at least one handle opening therethrough. 
     
     
         11 . The nestable pallet of  claim 10  wherein the plurality of corner columns further includes second, third, and fourth corner columns and wherein the second, third, and fourth corner columns are mirror images of the first corner column. 
     
     
         12 . The nestable pallet of  claim 11  further including a pair of side columns extending downward from the deck between the plurality of corner columns. 
     
     
         13 . The nestable pallet of  claim 12  wherein the deck is 18-24″ by 36-48″. 
     
     
         14 . A nestable half pallet comprising:
 a deck having a plurality of openings through an upper support surface thereof, the deck further including a plurality of intersecting ribs extending downward from an upper support surface of the deck;   a pair of side columns extending downward from side edges of the deck;   a plurality of corner columns extending downward from the deck, the plurality of corner columns and the pair of side columns aligned with the plurality of openings through the upper support surface of the deck; and   each of the plurality of corner columns including a front face, a rear face, an outer face, an inner face opposite the outer face, and an angled face between the inner face and the front face, the angled face including a plurality of vertical corrugations.   
     
     
         15 . The nestable half pallet of  claim 14  wherein the inner face includes a plurality of vertical corrugations. 
     
     
         16 . The nestable half pallet of  claim 15  wherein the angled face includes a first vertically-elongated recess between a first vertically-elongated projection and a second vertically-elongated projection. 
     
     
         17 . The nestable half pallet of  claim 16  wherein the inner face includes a second vertically-elongated recess between a third vertically-elongated projection and the second vertically-elongated projection. 
     
     
         18 . The nestable half pallet of  claim 17  further including vertical interior ribs on inner surfaces of the first vertically-elongated recess, the second vertically-elongated projection, and the second vertically-elongated recess. 
     
     
         19 . The nestable half pallet of  claim 18  further including an angled gusset on outer surfaces of each of the first vertically-elongated projection, the second vertically-elongated projection, the third vertically-elongated projection, the first vertically-elongated recess and the second vertically-elongated recess. 
     
     
         20 . The nestable half pallet of  claim 19  wherein each of the angled gussets is contiguous with a different one of the plurality of intersecting ribs of the deck. 
     
     
         21 . A nestable pallet comprising:
 a deck having a plurality of openings through an upper support surface thereof;   a plurality of columns extending downward from the deck, the plurality of columns aligned with the plurality of openings through the upper support surface of the deck, the plurality of columns including a first column; and   the first column including a front face, a rear face, an outer face and an inner face opposite the outer face, the inner face including a plurality of vertical corrugations reinforced by a plurality of vertical inner ribs along interior surfaces thereof and a plurality of angled gussets along exterior surfaces thereof.   
     
     
         22 . The nestable pallet of  claim 21  wherein the outer face includes a plurality of corrugations reinforced by a plurality of vertical ribs along interior surfaces thereof and a plurality of angled outer gussets along exterior surfaces thereof. 
     
     
         23 . The nestable pallet of  claim 21  wherein the deck includes a plurality of intersecting ribs and where each of the plurality of angled gussets is contiguous with a different one of the plurality of intersecting ribs. 
     
     
         24 . The nestable pallet of  claim 23  wherein the deck includes at least one handle opening therethrough. 
     
     
         25 . The nestable pallet of  claim 21  wherein the nestable pallet is a half pallet.

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