Integrated manufacturing of REciclable multi-material COmposites for the TRANSport sector
PALLET WITH INTEGRATED SHIFT PREVENTION FEATURES
A pallet comprising an upper deck, a lower deck, a front wall, a rear wall, left and right sidewalls, and interlocking structure. The interlocking structure interconnect two or more pallets without external fasteners or tools and may include a number of spaced apart vertically extending protrusions and a number of recesses positioned between the vertically extending protrusions. The vertically extending protrusions may be equally spaced apart from each other or spaced apart from each other at discrete multiples of a predetermined unit distance. The vertically extending protrusions may be U-shaped teeth or of any other suitable geometry and may partially or fully extend between the upper deck and lower deck. The pallet may engage adjacent pallets via the interlocking structure in an offset arrangement so that the pallets engage opposing walls of a transportation enclosure. This prevents the pallets from shifting laterally during transport.
» Number: US2017166351A1 (A1)
» Publication Date: 15/06/2017
» Applicant: SNYDER IND INC?[US]; SNYDER IND INC?[US]
» Inventor: SUITER RIAN JOSEPH?[US]; SKINNER WILLIAM JAY?[US]
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 768737
