US 11,708,192 B2
Assortment of pallet modules, and pallet assembly built of the same
Matthew Reali, Figino (CH); and Masoud Talebi Amiri, Chavannes-près-Renens (CH)
Assigned to Ponera Group Sagl, Figino (CH)
Appl. No. 17/420,279
Filed by Ponera Group Sagl, Figino (CH)
PCT Filed Jan. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/050060
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/141494, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19150439 (EP), filed on Jan. 5, 2019; and application No. 19150440 (EP), filed on Jan. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0089323 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 19/0051 (2013.01) [B65D 2519/00034 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00069 (2013.01); B65D 2519/0094 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00129 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00273 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00288 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00293 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00308 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00323 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00338 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00407 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00412 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00437 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00572 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00746 (2013.01)] 42 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assortment of pallet modules configured to allow formation of a nested pallet assembly of at least two pallet modules selected from the assortment of pallet modules, which nested pallet assembly is configured to act as a self-supporting platform allowing the handling and transportation of goods, each pallet module comprising:
a main structural body exhibiting a generally quadrilateral peripheral border with first to fourth lateral sides extending between upper and lower sides of the main structural body;
a mating system provided on the first to fourth lateral sides of the main structural body configured to allow nesting of the pallet module within a corresponding part of the mating system of another pallet module of the assortment;
a securing system configured to allow the pallet module to be secured to or released from another pallet module of the assortment; and
a foot structure disposed on the lower side of the main structural body,
wherein the pallet modules are produced in at least two different sizes and wherein said assortment of pallet modules includes a unit-size pallet module whose main structural body exhibits a unit size and at least one larger-size pallet module whose main structural body exhibits a length corresponding to an integer multiple of a length of the main structural body of the unit-size pallet module, the unit-size pallet module and each larger-size pallet module being combinable with one another.