US 11,697,524 B2
Stackable quarter-size plastic platform and associated methods
Bradley Wayne Daubenspeck, Windermere, FL (US); and Nigel Sankar, Oakville (CA)
Assigned to CHEP TECHNOLOGY PTY LIMITED, Sydney (AU)
Filed by CHEP Technology Pty Limited, Sydney (AU)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/650,259.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/147,864, filed on Feb. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0250793 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 19/38 (2006.01); B65D 19/00 (2006.01); B65D 19/40 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 19/385 (2013.01) [B65D 19/003 (2013.01); B65D 19/40 (2013.01); B65D 2519/0096 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A platform comprising:
a top deck that includes an upper surface and an opposing lower surface, with a plurality of spaced apart platform support leg openings extending through the upper and lower surfaces; and
a plurality of platform support legs extending from the lower surface of said top deck and aligned with the plurality of platform support leg openings, each platform support leg comprising:
an upper portion adjacent the lower surface of said top deck and having an opening extending through a first pair of spaced apart sidewalls, with the opening aligned with a respective one of the platform support leg openings in said top deck, and
a lower portion adjacent the upper portion and including:
a shelf that separates the opening in the upper portion from the lower portion, with the shelf configured to provide support to a bottom surface of a platform support leg from an identical platform when stacked thereon, and
a pair of extensions extending outwards from a bottom surface of the lower portion, with the opening in the upper portion providing clearance for the pair of extensions on the platform support leg of the identical platform when stacked thereon.