US3754645A - Interlocked pallet and container system - Google Patents

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US3754645A
US3754645A US00220329A US3754645DA US3754645A US 3754645 A US3754645 A US 3754645A US 00220329 A US00220329 A US 00220329A US 3754645D A US3754645D A US 3754645DA US 3754645 A US3754645 A US 3754645A
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  • Each container is rectangular in shape and comprises a bottom formed with a depending rib, upwardly diverging side walls, two opposed ones of which are formed with a plurality of apertures, and a top hingedly connected to the upper edge of one side wall.
  • the top is formed with an outwardly opening groove that is parallel to the rib on the bottom.
  • the flaps When the containers are assembled on the pallet, the flaps are folded upwardly andthe lugs thereon are received in the apertures in the walls of the containers in two of the outer sides of the lower tier.
  • the ribs on these containers are fitted in the grooves in the pallet platform. Additional tiers of containers are superimposed on the lower tier with the ribs on the bottoms of the containers in one tier being received in the grooves in the tops of the containers in the tier therebelow.
  • a pair of straps are passed around the assembled containers and pallet passing over the flaps and through the passages on the underside of the pallet.
  • the present invention relates to pallet and container systems and is concerned primarily with a system in which the containers are interlocked with the pallet and each other.
  • containers which are commonly known as pallet bins in the handling of various materials including produce.
  • Such containers are of various materials and due to the fact that in some instances they are molded, the side walls thereof have a draft provided by a slight divergence of the side walls to permit withdrawal of the mold cores.
  • This tapered construction of the containers is helpful in providing an interlocked stack in that with three rows of containers in a tier, the containers of the middle row may be inverted to provide an arrangement in which the middle row is literally locked in position by the outer rows.
  • a pallet comprising .a rectangular horizontal platform having legs integral therewith and depending therefrom, side flaps integrally joined to opposed side edges of the platform and formed with a plurality of lugs, and grooves opening onto the upper surface of the platform and parallel to the side edges of the platform to which said flaps are joined.
  • a pallet having legs arranged to provide four-way entry of the tines of a fork lift beneath the pallet.
  • a pallet having side flaps on opposed side edges of the pallet with each flap having at least one lug for cooperation with an aperture for each container that is assembled on that side of the pallet in the lower tier of such containers.
  • a rectangular container having a bottom formed with a downwardly projecting rib, upwardly diverging side walls, certain of which are formed with at least one aperture, and a top connected to the upper edge of one side wall by an integral hinge and formed with an upwardly opening groove parallel to the rib on the bottom.
  • a container having a top hingedly connected to the upper edge of a side wall with the edge remote from the hinges having means for securing it in closed position.
  • a pallet including a platform having side flaps and on which is assembled a tier comprising three rows of containers having upwardly diverging side walls.
  • the container of the outer rows have their bottoms, which are of smaller area than the tops, engaging and interlocked with the platform and flaps.
  • the containers of the middle row are inverted, whereby the engaging side walls clamp the containers of the middle row in position.
  • a rectangular pallet comprising 'a platform having integral legs depending therefrom which define passages affording four-way entry of the tines of a fork lift and a pair of flaps hingedly connected to opposed side edges of the platform and formed with a plurality of lugs.
  • the upper face of the platform is formed with two grooves parallel to the side edges to which the flaps are connected.
  • a plurality of containers are assembled in tiers on the platform.
  • Each container is rectangular and has a bottom formed with a depending rib, upwardly diverging side walls, and a top hingedly connected to the upper edge of a side wall.
  • This top is formed with an upwardly opening groove and certain of the side walls are formed with at least one aperture. 7
  • the flaps When the containers are assembled on the pallet, the flaps are folded upwardly into engagement with the outer containers of the lower tier on the sides adjacent to the flaps with the lugs on the flaps fitting in the apertures in the container walls.
  • the ribs on the bottoms of these outer containers of the lower tier are received in the grooves in the pallet surface.
  • the ribs on the containers in the upper tiers are received in the grooves in the tops of the containers therebelow.
  • a pair of straps are passed about the stacked containers over the flaps and beneath the platform of the pallet being received in the passages defined by the legs. With three rows of containers in each tier the containers of the middle row are inverted. The engaging side walls clamp the containers of the middle row in position.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective of an interlocked pallet and container system embodying the precepts of this. invention
  • FIG. 2 is a view partially in section and partly in elevation with the section being taken on the plane of the line 2-2 of FIG. 1; i
  • FIG. 3 is a section taken on an enlarged scale through a portion of the bottom of a container-and that portion of the pallet with which it engages;
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective looking at the underside of the assembly of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 is a detailed perspective on an enlarged scale depicting a portion of a pallet with a flap thereon folded upwardly and a container engaging the platform and flap of the pallet.
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective of a modification including two pairs of straps with the straps of one pair crossing the straps of the other pair and the pallet having flaps on all four sides;
  • FIG. 7 is a section through one of the containers of the system of FIG. 6 and is taken on an enlarged scale.
  • pallets and containers of the embodiments illustrated are shown as being square in a horizontal plane they can be of any rectangular shape. It is also important to point out that these elements may be of any material conventionally used for pallets and containers with a molded fiber being indicated as the preferred material.
  • the particular container illustrated and hereinafter described is merely exemplary of one container which may be used in the subject system.
  • a pallet is identified in its entirety at 10 and comprises a horizontal platform 11 from which depend legs 12.
  • the latter are formed integrally with platform 11 and this is particularly true if the pallet is of molded fiber.
  • the formation of legs 12 result in recesses 13 which open onto the upper face 14 of the platform 11.
  • the latter is also formed with the two grooves 15 which are parallel and extend completely across platform 11. They are not interrupted by any of the recesses 13.
  • a ridge 9 projects from face 14 and is parallel to grooves 15, being located therebetween and offset with respect to a centerline between the grooves.
  • a pair of side flaps 16 are connected to the side edges of platform 11 which are parallel to grooves 15 by integral hinges 17.
  • Each of flaps 16 is formed with a plurality of lugs 18 which are inwardly directed when the flaps are folded upwardly. Obviously the formation of lugs 18 will result in recesses 19 (FIG. 1) on the opposite faces of the flaps.
  • legs 12 results in the definition of two wide grooves or channel-like passages 20 which extend in one direction parallel to edges of platform 11 on the underside thereof and a second pair of passages 21 which are normal to passages 20.
  • a fork lift is provided.
  • a container is identified in its entirety by the reference character 22. As pointed out above, it may be of any material that has been found suitable for the purposes of containers of the type with which this invention is concerned.
  • the containers 22 are of molded fiber because the molding of containers of this material, in accordance with present molding techniques, ordinarily results in a draft or taper in the side walls to facilitate removal of mold cores.
  • a container 22 comprises a bottom 23 which is rectangular and preferably square, side walls 24, 25, 26 and 27 which diverge upwardly from bottom 23 and a top or cover 28 which is connected to the upper edge of wall 25 by an integral hinge or fold line 29 which is more clearly shown in FIG. 7.
  • Bottom 23 is formed with an outwardly projecting rib 30 which extends between the edges from which walls 24 and 26 upstand.
  • rib 30 results in a groove 31 on the inner face of bottom 23. It is notable that rib 30 is offset with respect to the center line of bottom 23 being closer to the edge from which wall 25 upstands. This location of rib 30 is important because of the necessity for having it fitted in groove 15 when the container in which it is formed is positioned on pallet 10 with wall 27 substantially in alignment with a side edge of platform 11.
  • Each of walls 25 and 27 is formed with a plurality of slot-like apertures 32 which align and are located above bottom 23 a distance from bottom 23 which corresponds to the spacing of lugs 18 from the hinge connection 17 of a flap 16. While three apertures 32 are illustrated, it will be understood that a single aperture in the effective wall of a container might prove to be sufficient to provide the required interlock with a flap 16.
  • Apertures 32 are provided in both of walls 25 and 27 purely for convenience in handling. The apertures in only one of these walls is effective at any one time. By forming'them in both walls an operator loading the pallet is confronted with a minimum of inconvenience.
  • Top 28 is formed with an outwardly opening groove 33 which extends between the edges thereof which engage walls 24 and 26 when the top is closed.
  • the formation of groove 33 results in a rib 34 (FIG. 7) on the underside of top 28.
  • the edge of top 28 remote from hinge 29 is formed with a downtumed flange 35 (FIG. 5) which frictionally engages the inner face of wall 27 when top 28 is in closed position. While this frictional engagement may be sufficient under some conditions to hold the cover closed, the invention comtemplates supplementing its holding effect by some conventional device such as stapling or applying a strip of adhesive tape. over the meeting edges of wall 27 and top 28.
  • Each of the containers 22 which are to be loaded on pallet 10 is first filled with the materials to be handled, the top 28 swung into closed position and, if required, a supplemental holding device is applied to flange 35 and wall 27.
  • a row of containers in the illustrated embodiment three, are placed on platform 11 with ribs 30 fitting in a groove 15. This row is identified as an outer row.
  • a second row which is identified as the middle row is then assembled on pallet 10 adjacent to the said outer row with the containers in an inverted position, that is with the bottom 23 uppermost. In this position the meeting side walls of the container engage.
  • the grooves 33 in the tops of the inverted middle row of containers receive ridge 9 as depicted in FIG. 2.
  • a second outer row of containers is then assembled on pallet 10 with ribs 30 fitting in the outer groove 15 and the walls of the containers engaging the corresponding walls of the containers in the middle row.
  • Flaps 16 are now swung upwardly about hinges 17 into positions in which they substantially overlie the outer walls of the containers of the outer rows and lugs 18 are received in apertures 32. This completes the as sembly of the lower tier of containers on the pallet.
  • a second tier of containers is then stacked on the lower tier with the ribs 30 of the outer rows being received in the grooves 33 of the tops 28 of the outer rows and the grooves 33 of the top 28 of the middle row of this second tier receiving the ribs 30 on the bottoms 23 of the containers of the middle row of the lower tier.
  • all of the containers 22 of the second tier are interlocked with the containers of the lower tier.
  • a third tier is stacked on the second tier in the same manner that the second tier is stacked on the lower tier. Additional tiers may be stacked on the third tier to a desired height in the manner above described.
  • a pair of straps 36 (FIG. 1) are then passed through passages beneath platform 11, about flaps 16, over the outer walls of containers 22 in the outer rows of the upper tiers and over the tops of the containers in the upper tier. The straps are pulled taut and secured by any conventional device such as buckles 37.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate an arrangement which is founded on the same basic principles as the arrangement of FIGS. 1 to 5, but which affords a higher degree of security in the loading of the pallet.
  • a container designated generally 38 has four diverging walls 39 each of which is formed with a plurality of apertures 40. It has the same bottom and top structure as the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 5 and are similarly designated.
  • a pallet 41 is of the same construction as pallet 10 with the exception of a pair of flaps 42 (only one illustrated) which are hingedly connected to platform 11 of pallet 41 on the side edges thereof between flaps l6. Flaps 42 have the lugs 18 of flaps 16.
  • the containers 38 are assembled on pallet 41 in the same way as are the containers 22 assembled and stacked on pallet 10. However, in addition to straps 36, a second pair of straps 43 are passed through passages 21, about flaps 42 and over the stacked containers 38 whereupon they are tightened and secured.
  • a pallet comprising a rectangular platform having an upper face, a lower face and two pairs of opposed side edges;
  • each of said containers comprising a rectangular bottom having a downwardly projecting rib, with the ribs of the containers of the outer rows of the lower tier being received in said grooves, two pairs of opposed walls upstanding from said bottom with a wall of one pair being formed with an aperture, with the aperture in the wall of an outer row receiving one of said lugs, a top formed with an outwardly opening groove, and means to hold said top in closed position; and

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