	US 12,071,273 B2
	Pallet module, 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. 17/420,255
Filed by Ponera Group Sagl, Figino (CH)
PCT Filed Jan. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/050057 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/141492, 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 2022/0063865 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 19/00 (2006.01)

CPC B65D 19/0051 (2013.01) [B65D 2519/00034 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00069 (2013.01); B65D 2519/00129 (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); B65D 2519/0094 (2013.01)]

31 Claims

1. A pallet module configured to allow formation of a nested pallet assembly of at least two similar pallet modules, which nested pallet assembly is configured to act as a self-supporting platform allowing the handling and transportation of goods, the 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;

first and second lateral flanges extending outwardly from the peripheral border of the main structural body, along the first and second lateral sides, the first and second lateral flanges being configured to cooperate with a corresponding side portion of another similar pallet module to form the nested pallet assembly; and

a foot structure disposed on the lower side of the main structural body, wherein the main structural body exhibits first and second lateral grooves extending inwardly from the peripheral border of the main structural body, along the third and fourth lateral sides, the first and second lateral grooves being each configured to receive the first and second lateral flanges, respectively, of another similar pallet module, so that the first, respectively second lateral flange of said other similar pallet module nests within the first, respectively second lateral groove to form the nested pallet assembly, and wherein the pallet module further comprises:

first and second toggle latch components arranged in the vicinity of the first and second lateral sides, respectively; and

third and fourth toggle latch components arranged in the vicinity of the third and fourth lateral sides, respectively,

the first and second toggle latch components being each configured to cooperate and interlock with the third and fourth toggle latch components, respectively, of another similar pallet module of the nested pallet assembly, to form releasable toggle latches allowing the pallet module to be secured to or released from said other similar pallet module.