WITH PALLET FEATURE

This invention relates to methods and apparatus for palletizing. The apparatus includes a flexible board blank which may be formed to provide a pallet having channels for insertion of the prongs of a fork lift truck. The pallet includes flaps which extend between stacked layers of bags to reinforce the...     

An air cargo shipping container comprising a rectangular base of molded synthetic resin material which is chemically inert to most substances, the base having a plurality of legs formed in its bottom for supporting the base above the ground. These legs are spaced for entry of the lifting tines of a forklift...     

This invention is concerned with a four-sided pallet container which is used in connection with a bottom section. The pallet container of this invention is particularly suited for use in connection with produce and as a bulk industrial container. The pallet container utilizes a pair of opposing primary...     

Disclosed is a dividable transport package consisting of two or more containers placed on a single pallet in side-by-side relationship on opposite sides of a vertical dividing plane. The pallet forms the bottom of the package and includes a continuous-plane platform of low tear strength material which...     

A pallet construction for use with detachable tiering frames, which pallet is fabricated of metal having parallel stringers with a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart deck members extending transversely therebetween which latter are fixed, as by welding, to said stringers. Said pallet may be adapted...     

An improved shipping container is disclosed which may be used with a wooden pallet or the like. The shipping container includes an outer liner which has a plurality of flaps on the bottom thereof. The plurality of flaps are turned inwardly in a predetermined manner over and under a flat sheet which is...     

A reusable shipping container assembly for securing, supporting, housing and shipping items. In a preferred embodiment, the container assembly includes: (a) members for securing and supporting the item, including: a slotted base upon which the item is placed; a plurality of removable straps, with fasteners,...     

A shipping container including a cover and a base wherein the base includes support platform that is supported on its corners by four pneumatic springs. The pneumatic springs are mounted at an angle to provide three-dimensional shock and vibration isolation of the platform. The platform is tuned and...     

A method of utilizing a shrink wrap film to shrink wrap or bundle a load of articles or packages having a surface portion formed of the same material as the shrink wrap film. The load is assembled and wrapped with a laminate comprising an outer ply formed of the shrink wrap film and an inner barrier...     

A preformed bag-like enclosure formed of heat shrink plastic film for shrink wrapping pallet loads or the like, the enclosure being generally tubular or sleeve-like in shape and provided with a reduced size opening at the top to prevent the enclosure from slipping down over the load to be wrapped prior...     

A container is provided to accommodate a cylindrical unit having an axially disposed core. The container includes two complemental sections, each being provided with side walls delimiting a compartment, which coact to contain the unit. Opposed side wall portions on each section include reinforced semicylindrical...     

An apparatus for transporting and stacking, by use of a support device of a lift truck, an array of containers in a predetermined stacked configuration, comprising a pallet member made of one piece of relatively thin plastic sheet material having flap portions permanently formed in an upwardly outwardly...     

A low cost paperboard pallet is provided to transport delicate cargo such as television receivers and fine furniture in a safe manner. The invention allows a cargo to be secured and removed in an upright position avoiding any requirement to tip or support the cargo in an other than normal orientation.

This invention relates to the preparation and packaging of refractory blocks into prefabricated panel units for transportation to a site, a refractory wall constructed of the prefabricated units and the method of forming a wall. The blocks, in a panel unit, are supported upon a pallet, enclosed by a...     

Apparatus and a system are disclosed for storing and transporting material as well as conducting required batch processing operations on the material within a container having exterior fittings designed for use in conjunction with a quick connect-disconnect docking station. A member of the docking station...     

The disclosure relates to a folding container or carton having sidewall panels with at least one of the panels containing a reinforcing rib which extends vertically when the carton is erected. The rib projects toward the interior of the carton when the carton is erected. The provisions of the rib in...     

A combined carton and supporting pallet therefor in which the carton is formed from a sheet of cardboard or like foldable sheet material and has four walls, which, in use, are upright and have flaps at their upper and lower edges, the flaps being foldable inwardly on erection of the carton to form respectively...     

A package exhibiting high strength for containment during storage and shipping and stability thereof in humidity variations. This package comprises a multi-cell container prepared from a partially corrugated first material having peaks and flutes, a polymeric film encompassing the outermost peripheral...     

A returnable packaging system provides product protection in a simplified, low cost design. The packaging system includes a conventional pallet structure having an upper surface covered by a protective sheet. A plurality of parts are layered between a plurality of trays, the trays being identical to...     

Means for mounting and securing a plurality of load bearing members to a loading platform including the stacking and locking of said members in various configurations thereupon.

In a container of the kind having an impermeable base and a flexible cover which is sealed into a groove or slot in the base to form an airtight package, the cover has, around its periphery, an endless male member for engaging in the slot or groove, e.g. an endless inflatable tube, which is resiliently...     

A skid adapted to be attached to the bottom pan of an appliance to facilitate travel along an assembly line has an elongated central portion terminating at each end in a platform which extends beyond the corner of the bottom pan at each side so as to form a base for a corner support column in the shipping...     

A bundle of Margach ingots being self-skidded on platform ingots having legs at each end that provide for insertion of a lift fork between the legs and below the main body of the ingots, said body intermediate its end being weakened at some point for easy breaking into two half ingots, said ends being...     

A flatrack container for container loads has a pair of bulkhead assemblies at either end of a load platform, with each of the bulkhead assemblies including a telescoping assembly carrying stacking and lifting fittings being vertically adjustable so that the fittings can be positioned at any desired vertical...     

A retaining clip for attachment to a slip sheet used in the stacking and transportation of containers by forklift trucks or the like. A portion of the clip is attached to an edge of the slip sheet tab, and another portion thereof is inserted between, and grippingly engages, adjacent containers on a slip...     

This invention relates to an improved reuseable bulk shipping container for the transport of liquids, semi-liquids, semi-solids, pastes and the like. The container has a pallet-type base structure including a drain and flow regulation valve assembly provided with a quick connect-disconnect coupling for...     

A container for the storing and shipping of a flowable material and more particularly baled rubber wherein the container has an inner corrugated paperboard liner supported on two sides by separate rigid frame members, each frame member having interconnected cross braces. An outer shell made of corrugated...     

Large heavy objects, such as garden tractors, other wheeled vehicles and non-wheeled objects are packaged in a carton which includes a rectangular skid or frame formed of elongated structural members, preferably wood, arranged with two spaced parallel side members (footings) and a plurality of cross...     

A pallet frame of the collar converter kind, that is a frame structure having interconnected side walls of low height and elongated form adapted to fit around the periphery of a load supporting surface, has the side walls thereof formed as openwork structures from elongated metal members.

A special package and method in which a salt block is enclosed within an elastic, knitted fabric sleeve for protecting the salt block against damage during handling.

A package exhibiting high strength for containment during storage and shipping and stability thereof in humidity variations. This package comprises a multi-cell container prepared from a partially corrugated first material having peaks and flutes, a polymeric film encompassing the outermost peripheral...     

This invention is directed to a container for storing relatively large quantities of materials such as meat. The container is easy to load as the opening is at the top of the container. Also, it is easy to unload the container as part of a side of the container can be lowered so that a person can use...     

An improved wrapping material for palletized loads is disclosed. A plastic net material which has been biaxially oriented to have a stretch factor of less than 15% under specified conditions is used for wrapping about the palletized load.

A spacer for separating coils of steel, or other metal coils commonly stacked vertically in edge-to-edge relationship with the axis of the several coils in general alignment and disposed vertically with the spacer used in plural between the tiers of coils to provide spaces therebetween for the entrance...     

A packaging system designed for home appliances, comprises a bottom cap, a top cap, and a plurality of corner angles extending vertically between the bottom cap and top cap and having leg portions facially abutting outer surfaces of the appliance at vertical corners thereof. The corner angles are vertically...     

A collapsible, reinforced, four sided container attached to a rigid base for transporting heavy products. The containers may be collapsed and shipped in reduced size for reuse and reassembled into its usable form without any special tools or skills. The collapsible container of this invention provides...     

A wide-folding, linearly-hinged assembly of sheet members secured to each other in areas other than in the vicinity of the hinge is disclosed comprising: an inner sheet member having at least one ply and a female linear score on the inner side thereof; and an outer sheet member having at least one ply...     

A storing and shipping box for bulk solid material is disclosed comprising: a removable top and a base member; said box formed of heavy corrugated material, having eight rectangular, vertical, integral face sections positioned around the outer periphery thereof and a plurality of downwardly-depending...     

An automobile transportation and storage pallet used in automated storage and retrieval systems. The pallet is provided with steel tire channels connected and supported by a plurality of steel support members. Safety grip strips applied to the tire channels provide tire traction thereon. A corrugated...     

A cargo retainer having a floor contacting member provided with an upwardly facing load bearing surface and an upright member secured adjacent to one end of the floor contacting member is provided with a floor piercing element. The floor piercing element is movably mounted adjacent to the juncture between...     

A method of and a means for use in packaging bulk quantities of a fluent material for the ready transportation thereof is proposed which involves the provision of cardboard container having dividers therein separating the container into individual and adjacent compartments each containing a respective...     

A transportable container for hazardous bulk materials which minimizes the risks of accidental spillage, comprising a closed, transportable weatherproof structure, formed by a solid walled pan and an overlapped protective cover, positioned on a pallet and surrounding two or more separate sealed containers...     

Novel arrangement for creating a unitized pallet-load of wax treated paperboard containers whereby the containers have applied to at least one interfacing surface a predetermined pattern of an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer synthetic resin blended with mineral oils and microcrystalline wax acting as...     

The present invention provides a multi-piece container which locks together. A hinged locking section is attached to each end of a base. Side wall locking members have locking flaps which interact with the hinged locking sections and upper locking flanges which interact with internal locking flaps on...     

A container for shipping and storing large hollow cylindrical rolls of either solid material or wound sheet material. A skid or pallet is combined with a pair of special corrugated paperboard end pads, one for each end of the roll, a pair of spaced apart anti-roll retainers extending longitudinally of...     

A material handling rack to translate articles having in part a V-shaped cross-section, at which the article is at least partially supported, and spaced apart relatively opposing generally upwardly-facing plastic article-support members removably secured to transverse rails affixed to the rack frame....     

A stackable freight container comprising a rigid bottomless container body 10 and a separate freight-carrier pallet 11 which can be bolted into the open underside of the body 10 by means of shoot-bolts 37 to close the container and form its load-carrying floor. When the closed container is placed on...     

A container for fluids intended for use on a standard pallet, the container being formed of an outer fibreboard skin with an inner fluid-tight flexible bag, a series of posts each located vertically in the middle of a face of the container between the fibreboard skin and the flexible bag with a series...     

A collapsible receptacle is provided having upright first wall panels, upright second wall panels, and upright corner panels, all of which coact to define a predetermined area. Each corner panel is disposed between and foldably connected to adjoining first and second wall panels. Foldably connected to...     

The cargo retainer comprises a floor contacting member having an upwardly facing load bearing surface which is adapted to project forwardly beneath the cargo load and an upright member secured to the floor contacting member in spaced relation from the forward end of the floor contacting member for engaging...     

A shipping pallet is disclosed which comprises a unitary sheet of material and which is so constructed so as to be usable with another substantially identical pallet to serve as a bottom and top of a shipping container for transporting and storing a product. The pallet comprises a base with a plurality...     

A article support for use with a Shipping Pallet having a flange area to interlock between sheets of rigid material, an article locator for positioning of shipped articles and a ledge area associated with each article locator to prevent the article from contamination and causing wear to the rigid material.

A transport box corrugated cardboard or the like, said box when erected being connectable to a load carrying plane, a pallet, a roller pallet or the like, at which the loading receive locking lugs (26) projectable or foldable from the bottom (21, 22) of the transport box (11) and arranged to connect...     

A reusable plastic base serves as a pallet which may be lifted by the skids of a forklift truck. A sleeve is removably attached to the base and forms the side walls of the container. In the preferred embodiment, the sleeve is made of corrugated material having tabs formed along its lower edge. The tabs...     

A corrugated fibreboard container of tube-and-cap construction has two-walled plastic lining and a bottom side-wall discharge hose. A metal lid-mounting flange in the top end-cap receives a conventional drum lid with vent opening and bung opening threaded to receive a standard plug or a discharge pump...     

A container construction is provided having an erected configuration and a storage configuration. The container construction comprises a pallet, a sidewall structure, a divider and a lid. These elements may be erected into a container construction or disassembled from an erected container construction...     

Pallet container unit for flowable substances, the container unit having a top and bottom, being arranged to rest via its bottom on a pallet, and being composed of: an inner container made of plastic and having a plurality of side walls and a bottom wall; and a supporting frame enclosing the inner container,...     

A multiple merchandise display shipping package and method of assembly is disclosed. The package consists of plural displays in a tray base to which a two-tab slip sheet is bonded. A T-shaped paper board section is placed upright between the displays and locks them together by means of a wing type cover...     

A method and apparatus for forming a protective wrap is disclosed as including a frame made of four upright posts, the upper and lower ends of which engage with upper and lower rigid members, at least one of the posts is rotatable in one direction to apply tension to a plastic wrapper encircling the...     

A bin for storing and transporting produce includes a bottom, two side walls, and two end walls. The walls and bottom consist of corrugated paperboard that has been reinforced at strategic locations with strips of wood that are stapled to the corrugated board and that are then coated with a resin that...     

A shipping container for a household appliance is formed from a straight tube member of triple wall corrugated fiberboard without any flaps at either the upper or lower ends. A bottom cap formed from single wall corrugated fiberboard has flaps extending upward, overlying and being adhesively secured...     

A skid top for protecting a skid load of material includes a paperboard sheet having a planar dimension generally corresponding to the length and width of the skid load upon which it is to be used and a peripheral frame laminated thereto formed of laminated paperboard members folded upon themselves and...     

A composite disposable one-way container comprising an outer container of rectangular shape having upright continuous side walls and a substantially flat top wall formed of corrugated paper material. A unitary blow molded plastic inner tank having thin side walls is positioned upright inside the outer...     

An attachable riser used in material handling is held in place by spring clips. At least two such risers are attached to the underside of an object allowing clearance for the forks of a machine such as a forktruck to move under the object. When the object is picked up, moved, and set down the risers...     

A reuseable shipping container for manufactured subcomponents and parts suitable for use on a manufacturing assembly line. The parts are not individually wrapped, but are suspended upon flexible cradle-like supports, the ends of which are carried upon elongated bars carried by the container for relative...     

A palletized structure for containing a plurality of wire spools or pails containing wire is disclosed. The palletized structure includes a formed cap structure with an integrally formed beam structure which preserves the rigidity of the cap structure when the palletized structure is subjected to motion...     

A rolled material handling arrangement characterized by at least a pair of flexible bases adapted to conform to the curvature of rolled sheet metal stock and support such for transport and/or storage. The bases each include downwardly extending anti-roll projections and a groove for receiving a tie strap...     

A flexible intermediate bulk container (1) is provided with a stabilizing cradle (2) having supporting members (4a, 4b) spaced to permit the container (1) to sag into the space between the supporting members (4a, 4b) to depth substantially equal to the height of the cradle (2).

A container for hazardous waste is formed of corrugated cardboard that is coated on both sides with fiberglass. The carboard includes flaps that are bent prior to being coated to form triangular braces that extend along the edges of the container. The container is extremely durable, impervious to a wide...     

A keg board for use in stacking beer kegs and the like in an upright orientation during storage and transporation of the kegs comprising: a generally planar surface for engaging and supporting a generally planar end surface of each keg; and pockets operatively associated with the planar surface for limiting...     

A containment vessel system including a containment vessel into which a leaking fluid-containing cylinder may be quickly placed. The containment vessel is designed to withstand the pressure of the fluid and has closure means that may be quickly secured. Once the leaking cylinder is isolated within the...     

A container is provided for large quantities of fluent material and comprises laminated walls, each of which is made of multi-wall corrugated board. A bag of flexible material is provided within the container and has a first fitting which extends into an opening through a wall of the container near the...     

This invention deals with a method for stabilizing stacked loads against shifting during transport and means for carrying out such method comprising a flexible wrapping member and rubber like fastening means for said wrapping member.

A shipping container is provided for accommodating a heavy, bulky article, such as riding lawn mowers or the like. The container includes a skid section, which subtends and supportingly engages the accommodated article; a tubular section of corrugated fibreboard which is secured to and extends upwardly...     

A reusable plastic base serves as a pallet which may be lifted by the forks of a fork-lift truck. A sleeve is removably attached to the base and forms the sidewalls of the container. In the preferred embodiment, the sleeve is made of corrugated material having slots formed along its lower edge. The slots...     

The present invention is directed to pallets and related products, i.e. containers including the present invention pallets, which are made of elongated continuous sheet base material which includes side edges which are folded downwardly, inwardly, upwardly and again inwardly to form U-type channels....     

A pallet cover for protecting the upper surfaces of a load resting upon a pallet. The pallet cover is made of multiple layers that are laminated together. There are no staples or like materials used. The pallet cover is a one piece unit comprised of a horizontal upper surface, a bend, and for generally...     

A storage enclosure provided for storing containers of hazardous material with a secondary containment feature being provided by a one piece containment pan cradled within a support base frame work of support beams and side beams which also allow for visual inspection of the underside of the pan. The...     

An article of manufacture formed as a protective positioning pallet for holding each of a plurality of articles in accurate spatial position. Also, a method of making such positioning pallet, and a method of using such positioning pallet in a robotics environment is disclosed. The article of manufacture...     

In combination with a carton stacked pallet, a collar is disclosed for indexing to an interstitial layer of cartons on the pallet for stabilizing the palletized stack of cartons above and below the collar both during and after palletization. The collar preferably consists of a continuous piece of corrugated...     

The present invention provides an inventive container which is attached to a pallet and can be folded on top of the pallet when in return shipment or in storage. The inventive container may be readily assembled without the use of hand tools and is sturdy enough to hold relatively heavy pieces of material...     

There is disclosed a containment tray which is formed of plastic which is molded into a tray having upright perimeter walls and a bottom wall having transverse channels in its undersurface for receiving the conventional arms of a forklift or pallet jack. The tray can be formed by vacuum thermal forming,...     

A composite disposable one-way container comprising an outer container of rectangular shape having upright continuous side walls and a substantially flat top wall formed of corrugated paper material. A unitary blow molded plastic inner tank having thin side walls is positioned upright inside the outer...     

The invention is embodied in a container which is used to both ship and display cookware such as frying pans. The container is made up of two identical trays which support opposite sides of parallel rows of pans. Each tray has two rows of cavities and a sloping section which support the pans in a compact...     

A plastic reinforcing structure for use with a container of the type including a corrugated sleeve adapted to be removably attached to a plastic pallet or base member by the use of sliding latch members coacting with slots in the lower peripheral portion of the sleeve. The reinforcing structure is formed...     

A unitary molded plastic bakery tray, with the end walls higher than the side walls to provide for a 90 degree cross-nesting, and the end walls having interengaging feet and rails to provide for 180 degree oriented high stacking and like oriented low stacking. The bottom is either a flat planar surface...     

An improved cradle construction for cradle-type collapsible shipping containers in which transported articles are stacked in vertical rows supported from a rigid bar extending between oppositely disposed sides of the container. The construction substantially eliminates movement of the contents of the...     

The invention discloses the provision of a container securable to a pallet to prevent the container or other goods to be carried from becoming dislodged from the pallet in transit. The invention provides a container having a base and side walls a plurality of the base having a plurality of articulatable...     

This invention relates to a cut and scored blank for forming a tray pallet, a preform formed by erecting the cut and scored blank, and the tray pallet formed from the blank and preform. The blank is formed of a planar body of sheet material cut and scored to form a substantially square main portion bounded...     

A container especially suitable for bulk materials and inlcuding a cardboard tubular sleeve having its lower edge portion positioned in upwardly opening groove means on a plastic pallet. The tubular sleeve is a sleeve assembly comprising inner and outer tubular sleeves respectively formed of first and...     

A shipping package system with at least one tier of vertically-stacked webbing rolls utilizes pads with an inner set of passages and an outer set of passages, which webbing rolls may have extended tubular core ends nesting in the pad passages. The outer set of passages accommodate radial webbing roll...     

A tray is provided for transporting vehicle turbochargers which have a non-symmetrical shape which must be adequately supported to prevent movement thereof during shipment. The tray includes a plurality of cradles each of which receives a turbocharger and supports the turbocharger in such a fashion as...     

An improved portable pallet structure for supporting material carrying containers including a confined chamber having a plurality of access passages separate from the confined chamber to accommodate lifting members and including a material pervious support platform mounted above the confined chamber...     

The invention relates to a flexible container for fluids, comprising an inner bag (1) of a thin material and an outer sack (2) of a durable fabric. The outer sack (2) is cylindrical and its mantle surface is provided with channels (4) for receiving support pillars (5) fastened to a wooden pallet (6)....     

A composite container which consists of a reusable pallet, a thin walled plastic tank and a reinforcing cardboard shell maintaining the tank in an upright position on the pallet. Plastic clips connect the shell to the pallet and enable easy assembly and disassembly of the container. Additionally, a dry...     

This disclosure relates to a shipper display providing for construction and system for shipping and displaying a rigid container. The shipper display includes a plurality of base cartons for receiving the containers while leaving a substantial portion of the length thereof exposed. Stacks of filled base...     

There is disclosed a containment tray which is formed of plastic which is molded into a tray having upright perimeter walls and a bottom wall having transverse channels in its undersurface for receiving the conventional arms of a forklift or pallet jack. The tray can be formed by vacuum thermal forming,...     

A collapsible container foldable between an open position for receiving and containing goods and a closed position for storage has a pair of end walls pivotable about an upper scoreline to a position permitting a pair of side walls to be collapsed accordion fashion. The end walls have vertical posts...     

A rigid, lightweight, splinter-free packaging frame for shipping pallet loads of goods having four marginal side members having a width and length corresponding generally to the width and length of the pallet load upon which it is to be used, the side members comprising a core of corrugated board folded...     

A bag-less box for flowable materials constructed of a preferably single-wall outer covering, a preferably triple wall liner glued to the inner panel surfaces thereof, and a lid positionable on the outer covering when folded in and assembled. The outer covering is formed by cutting and folding a corrugated...