US 12,252,345 B2
Reinforcement system and method for supporting stacked boxes and containers
Roberto Tomás Stanley Calvo, Santiago (CL)
Appl. No. 18/682,777
Filed by Roberto Tomás Stanley Calvo, Santiago (CL)
PCT Filed Sep. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CL2021/050085
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 9, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/035090, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 16, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2364-2021 (CL), filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0359922 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 1/14 (2006.01); B65D 5/00 (2006.01); B65D 21/02 (2006.01); B65D 57/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/14 (2013.01) [B65D 5/006 (2013.01); B65D 21/02 (2013.01); B65D 57/00 (2013.01); B65D 5/001 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reinforcement system for supporting stacked containers comprising:
at least four pillar elements for positioning at one or more corners of a container stack;
multiple end-shoulder elements for positioning at lower ends and upper ends of vertical corners of the container stack, the at least four pillar elements having a smaller dimension than a height along a vertical corner of the container stack between two of the multiple end-shoulder elements to allow containers of the container stack to absorb part of a load before the at least four pillar elements makes contact with an upper end-shoulder element of the multiple end-shoulder elements; and
one or more internal columns, each internal column being configured to be positioned at an internal junction of four corners of four container stacks.