US 12,325,552 B2
Plastic pallet with removable elastomer footpads
Ratnesh Khandelwal, Bangalore (IN); Raghavendra Janiwarad, Bangalore (IN); and Abdul Rahim Ahamed Arafath, Riyadh (SA)
Assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
Appl. No. 18/270,442
Filed by SABIC Global Technologies B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/086630
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 29, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/144196, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20217960 (EP), filed on Dec. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059453 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 19/40 (2006.01); B65D 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 19/40 (2013.01) [B65D 19/0016 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00034 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00069 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00273 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00288 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00318 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00333 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00572 (2013.01); B65D 2519/0084 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport system, comprising:
a pallet, formed from plastic,
wherein the pallet extends heightwise from a pallet top deck to a pallet bottom deck to define a pallet height, lengthwise from a pallet forward end to a pallet aft end to define a pallet length, and widthwise from a pallet first side to a pallet second side to define a pallet width,
wherein, the pallet bottom deck defines a pocket, the pocket defines a pocket sidewall that extends heightwise into the pallet, from the pallet bottom deck to a pocket base to define a pocket height;
wherein pocket ribs extend heightwise from the pocket base toward the pallet bottom deck,
wherein the pocket ribs form a grid that divides the pocket base into pocket grid sections,
wherein the pocket base defines: a pocket base bottom that faces heightwise toward the pallet bottom deck; and a pocket base body that extends heightwise by a pocket base thickness from the pocket base bottom to a pocket base top, wherein the pocket base top is orientated to face heightwise toward the pallet top deck,
wherein the pocket base defines a fastener channel, wherein the fastener channel is defined by a fastener channel sidewall that extends heightwise from the pocket base bottom to the pocket base top, and
wherein the fastener channel is cylindrical and defines a faster channel diameter; and
a pad, formed of an elastomer, configured to be removable from the pocket, wherein the pad defines a pallet foot,
wherein the pocket ribs are configured to engage pad grooves formed in a pad top surface of the pad when the pad is within the pocket,
wherein the pocket base bottom is configured to engage the pad top surface when the pad is within the pocket, and
wherein the fastener channel is configured to be resiliently engaged by a fastener boss that extends heightwise from the pad top surface, wherein the fastener boss is conformingly shaped to fit within the fastener channel.