US 11,866,226 B2
Pallet and container kit
Joshua Daniel Herbeck, Oklahoma City, OK (US); and Gregory D. Van De Mark, Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Assigned to GREEN OX PALLET TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Filed by GREEN OX PALLET TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,909.
Application 17/578,909 is a continuation of application No. 16/093,831, granted, now 11,254,469, previously published as PCT/US2017/027903, filed on Apr. 17, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/443,360, filed on Jan. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/422,254, filed on Nov. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/409,762, filed on Oct. 18, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/323,486, filed on Apr. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0135279 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 19/20 (2006.01); B65D 19/00 (2006.01); B65D 19/06 (2006.01); B65B 9/13 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 19/20 (2013.01) [B65B 9/135 (2013.01); B65D 19/0016 (2013.01); B65D 19/06 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00019 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00054 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00089 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00124 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00129 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00139 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00159 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00194 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00228 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00273 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00288 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00318 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00323 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00333 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00373 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00378 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00402 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00437 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00497 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00562 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00567 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00572 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00606 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00641 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00676 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00711 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldably constructed pallet comprising:
a plurality of structural inserts;
a top member forming a top surface of the foldably constructed pallet; and
a bottom member forming a bottom surface of the foldably constructed pallet and defining a plurality of interior apertures, the bottom member comprising:
a first cradle defined by folding the bottom member at a first interior edge defined by a first interior aperture of the plurality of interior apertures, wherein the first cradle comprises a first enclosed perimeter and is configured to hold a first structural insert of the plurality of structural inserts within the first enclosed perimeter;
a second cradle defined by folding the bottom member at one or more of a second interior edge defined by the first interior aperture and a first interior edged defined by a second interior aperture of the plurality of interior apertures, wherein the second cradle comprises a second enclosed perimeter and is configured to hold a second structural insert of the plurality of structural inserts within the second enclosed perimeter;
a plurality of outer sidewalls extending from the bottom surface, and
a plurality of internal sidewalls extending from the bottom surface,
wherein an outer sidewall of the plurality of outer sidewalls and an internal sidewall of the plurality of internal sidewalls cooperate to define the first cradle configured to hold the first structural insert such that folded panels of the first structural insert are engaged with each of the outer sidewall and the internal sidewall,
wherein the first structural insert and the first cradle are separated from the second structural insert and the second cradle by the first interior aperture, and
wherein the top member is connected to the bottom member and covering the first cradle and the second cradle.