CN104918524A - An improved tray - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved carrying tray comprising: a substantially planar surface having a top surface and bottom surface; and a handle placed within a cavity at the underside of the bottom surface, wherein the cavity is adapted to receive and retain the handle so that said handle does not extend from the bottom surface of the tray, and wherein the handle is easily pulled into an open-position to embrace the user's palm and provide improved control for carrying said tray, and easily returns into the cavity and back to a close-position when the user removes his palm.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of field serving utensil, particularly relate to a kind of pallet apparatus and handle system of innovation.
Background technology
Existing " pallet " refers to a platform and is designed to take advantage of loading product, as glass dish, food etc., and is delivered to the utensil at another place by one.General pallet can be made up of multiple material, and any combination comprised in silver, copper, iron plate, timber, melmac, plastics, various polymer or above-mentioned composition formed.The pallet of part is equiped with base, handle and/or short foot rest as support.Pallet is generally plane formula, but edge protuberance, to prevent article landing from pallet.The formation of pallet is with any shape and form, but normally circular, oval or rectangle, sometimes has opening or is provided with contact hand so that end gets pallet at the opposite side of pallet.
Although the pallet of service trade all has two handles usually, the pallet of particularly family's use, the waiter of specialty does not use above-mentioned pallet, because the waiter of specialty needs to serve customers while end gets pallet, and pallet can't be put down.The position that the service tray that standard waiter uses can for not support especially, makes waiter/waitress must bear the overall weight of pallet with palm in horizontal direction or arm.In addition, relatively large pallet is placed on waiter's shoulder with one end of pallet usually, and the palm of waiter opens and contracts pallet and the mode end of above brachiocylloosis gets pallet, the above-mentioned factitious end mode of getting can cause fatigue, Muscular injuries, and has and greatly may meet accident.Generally, user/waiter relies on single arm or palm to maintain described pallet balance, and another hand is then used for avoiding holding situation pallet inclination occurring unstable when getting described pallet to occur.This needs certain skill, because pallet may have inclination conditions when taking off pallet, waiter then needs the horizontal direction maintaining described pallet to stablize.
To service tray described in removal, due to cannot service tray described in continued support weight and/or avoid described service tray disequilibrium, pallet often must first be lowered in the plane near or on falsework by user/waiter.Unless waiter/waitress's tool rich experiences are able to singlehanded support described service tray, otherwise can often face because pallet overturning causes the situation of beverage pouring or glassware fragmentation.Even skilled waiter, when lifting fully loaded pallet or putting down fully loaded pallet, also may run into uncertain factor and above-mentioned situation occur.Therefore, use a safer pallet and support posture, can allow waiter avoid end get pallet stand or take article on pallet time pallet tilt and disequilibrium.
It should be noted that the existing multiple device about tray handle at present.But its design of tray handle device multiple is at present too loaded down with trivial details and/or be not inconsistent actual use in use and/or on manufacturing.For example, U.S. Patent Publication No. US2013/0057005 discloses a kind of to point the pallet supported, and main use two fingers guarantee (with stable) pallet.The most applicable undersized pallet of above-mentioned tray form, and force user's palpus mean allocation article on pallet to maintain the balance of pallet.But, be used in the stable of maintenance pallet and holding power owing to only relying on two fingers, possibly cannot grasp pallet situation completely, and user will soon think that finger is uncomfortable.Separately it should be noted that the block that its finger supports is fixing, may be not suitable for pointing comparatively large or after wrapping finger size, and user may be forced must to take off ring on finger.Moreover supporting in mechanism and cannot changing the centre of equilibrium of pallet of many pallets, also cannot make multiple tray stack, and/or pallet cannot be made to be placed on a flat surfaces, as having the pallet of fixed handle and/or support.The described pallet with fixed handle, handle when being necessary also cannot be replaced.And other tray handle device is also inconvenient in use, because tray handle device needs user's attachment top tray repeatedly, and dismantle handle from pallet.Above-mentioned device such as World Intellectual Property Organization patent No. WO2010/15115 discloses a kind of rigidity carrying handle, and it can be linked to tray bottom.Further, most of existing movable door handle device can comprise movable member, and its complex structure is meticulous, subject to damage and wearing and tearing.
From the above, the grasp ability to pallet when needing a kind of pallet and/or handle system in existing technical scheme in order to improve user's delivery service tray, and do not sacrifice original efficiency and function.Existing pallet and/or handle system alleviate user's burden when service or bearing article should be able to be made to walk about and easily reach the effect of balance pallet.Therefore one object of the present invention is the pallet and the handle system that provide a kind of novel form simply solved the problem, in order to overcome the problem of many prior aries.
Remaining object of the present invention and advantage will be described later.
Summary of the invention
Main purpose of the present invention is open one improvement bearing tray.
Another object of the present invention is open one improvement bearing tray, when on described pallet during bearing article, can increase pallet stability.
Another object of the present invention is open one improvement bearing tray, even if the article on described pallet are not shared out equally on described pallet, still can keep the stability in described pallet delivery process.
The present invention relates to one improvement bearing tray, it is characterized in that, comprising:
The surface of one substantial planar, it has a upper surface and a lower surface;
One is positioned at the cavity bottom described lower surface; And
Leader, it is arranged in described cavity,
Wherein said cavity, in order to hold and to retain described handle, makes outside the unlikely lower surface extending described pallet of described handle,
Described handle can be drawn out into a release position from described lower surface easily, preferably controls with the palm providing when end gets described pallet holding a user, and
When palm is removed, described handle can be got back to easily in described cavity and to be returned to a closing position.
According to certain embodiments of the invention, described pallet more comprises an index, in order to indicate position and the orientation of described handle, and should insert its palm in where to contact described handle in correct direction in order to show user, described setup measures is in the top of described pallet or bottom.In addition, described index protrudes from the surface of described pallet, and/or comprises an illuminating agent.
According to certain embodiments of the invention, described lower surface has one ridge, and described handle can not be extended from described one ridge.Described one ridge forms described cavity with handle described in fixing, and described handle moves to described release position by described closing position or moves to described closing position by described release position in described cavity.
According to certain embodiments of the invention, described handle is linked to described pallet in the mode be permanently fixed, or described handle is linked to described pallet removably.
If described handle is linked to described pallet removably, described handle makes described handle be linked to described pallet removably by the groove that a protuberance is corresponding with, position and/or the orientation of described handle can be changed by this easily, and avoid change unintentionally.In a particular embodiment, described handle keeps location by frictional force, can change the position of described handle by this easily, and avoid change unintentionally.Or, described handle is removably linked to a track, described track is arranged along described pallet, thus the additional function of a change handling position is provided, in the case, described handle is fixed on the described track arranged along described pallet by frictional force, can change the position of described handle by this easily, and avoid change unintentionally.
According to certain embodiments of the invention, the handle of described pallet is formed by one or more rigid materials, described rigid material comprise plastic material, glass fibre, regeneration timber or plastics, metal or timber, or more the group of any combination composition.Or,
According to certain embodiments of the invention, the handle of described pallet is formed by one or more nonrigid materials, described nonrigid material comprise soft-plastic material, organosilicon, leather, fiber, rubber, or more the group of any combination composition.Alternatively, the handle of described pallet is formed by any rigid material and nonrigid material combine.
The present invention more relates to a kind of handle system unit, it is characterized in that, consists essentially of:
One coupling seats, comprises the inner chamber body be positioned at bottom this coupling seats; And
Leader, is placed in described inner chamber body
Wherein said handle system unit is attached to the bottom of the pallet of an arbitrary shape and size; And
Described inner chamber body, in order to hold and to retain described handle, makes outside the unlikely lower surface extending described pallet of described handle;
Described handle can be drawn out into a release position from described lower surface easily, preferably controls with the palm providing when end gets described pallet holding a user, and
When palm is removed, described handle can be got back to easily in described cavity and to be returned to a closing position.
According to certain embodiments of the invention, described handle system unit is by be attached to a pallet any one of under type: snap-fitted, gummed, screw lock and welding.In different embodiment, the coupling seats of described handle system unit is rotating, thus can change the position of described handle and orientation.
According in other embodiments of the invention, the handle of described pallet is arranged at described lower surface in integrated mode, leave into a release position in order to being pulled from described lower surface easily, preferably control with the palm providing when end gets described pallet holding a user.In a particular embodiment, described pallet is a pizza tray, and described handle is a part for described lower surface, and the palm of a user can be made easily to depart from described handle.In other embodiments, described handle strengthens its structural strength by a strengthening material, and described strengthening material is selected from nylon wire or plastics.In another specific embodiment, described lower surface comprises an additional isolation layer, thus protects the palm of described user to avoid blanching to hinder.
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More can understand the present invention by reference to drawings in detail and detailed description of the invention, the technical content and a detailed description of relevant the present invention, now coordinate accompanying drawing to be described as follows:
Fig. 1 is that in one embodiment of the invention, waiter's end gets the pallet schematic diagram that has leader;
Fig. 2 is that pallet that the present invention has a described handle moves described handle along the diameter of a cavity through a coupling seats of leader's system, and does not need to rotate the upper schematic diagram that wrist and rotatable described handle/pallet cross described coupling seats;
Fig. 3 be leader's system in one embodiment of the invention in order to be attached to the bottom of any form pallet, and described handle is in a cavity, and different one ridge gives prominence to schematic diagram by described coupling seats;
Fig. 4 is that handle of the present invention is in stretching/closing (A and C) and bending/open (B) kenel schematic diagram;
Fig. 5 is that the upper schematic diagram that described handle is flattening/closed (A) and pull-out/open (B) worked as by the pallet in one embodiment of the invention with described handle;
Fig. 6 be hold bottom handle of the present invention user palm but not only can hold four finger (forefinger, middle finger, the third finger and little finger of toe) schematic diagrames;
Fig. 7 is that its index of handle top of the present invention is located at described pallet both sides and is adjacent to described handle, and the position that index corresponds to bottom has dotted line (A) to indicate, and (B) is the enlarged diagram in index region;
Fig. 8 is pallet (A) the advantage schematic diagram in delivery process in pallet on during article laod unbalance of pallet of the present invention (B) compared to prior art; And
Fig. 9 is pallet of the present invention as a pizza tray bottom it and side schematic view.
Be understandable that, some feature described in embodiments is not considered to the essential feature in those embodiments, unless lacked described assembly in described embodiment and cannot operate.
Detailed description of the invention
Known at present, by using pallet of the present invention or handle system of the present invention being attached at the bottom of Standard pallet, can be easier to carry out on delivery and stable tray with mode easily.
The present invention relates to a pallet 10 and leader's system 14, by rigid material, elastomeric material or non-elastic material, can be but be not limited to plastic material, glass fibre, regeneration timber or plastics, metal or timber, or more the group of any combination composition.Described handle system 14 by any suitable mount technology means as in as described in pallet manufacture process or complete manufacture pallet make after to fasten, to paste, to be threaded, the mode such as welding is arranged at the bottom of any form pallet, as the pallet of applicable delivery beverage and/or food.Described handle system unit is attached to the bottom of described pallet, is preferably the center of contiguous described pallet.Handle 16 of the present invention can be any suitable handle, as belt, lever or control lever, and can be that rigid material, semi-rigid material or flexible material are formed.Handle 16 can be made up of any suitable material, can be but be not limited to plastic material, glass fibre or metal or their any combination.Particularly preferred material is plastic material because its tool durability, lightweight, manufacture simple and with low cost.Suitable plastic material include but not limited to silicon, polypropylene, Merlon, polyethylene or nylon.
Pallet 10 of the present invention can be manufactured by prior art with handle system 14, includes but not limited to the forging of ejection formation, power, die forging, plate forming or blow molding.Described pallet and described handle system can manufacture/prepare as one-body molded.Alternately, handle system can be prepared into independent unit and in processing procedure, attaches to described pallet or attach to afterwards on described pallet or any device again.Handle system of the present invention can be integrated manufactured, or can form after multiple assembling parts.
Pallet 10 of the present invention comprises a support handle 16, and it is arranged at a cavity (one ridge of such as a groove, a track, a passage, breach or protrusion around region) of described pallet lower surface.When not in use, described handle is that flat condition is not extended (as Fig. 5 A) from described cavity 26, thus makes described pallet be placed in a plane as still kept level and stable during a sales counter, and makes multiple pallet can storehouse mutually.Described handle 16 can not extend beyond described cavity 26, and it is acceptable for only extending at most 5 millimeters long, but is to extend beyond described cavity substantially.When user is for lifting described pallet, user slide handle can extend (as Fig. 5 B) from described cavity 26/ passage and as described in being inserted by user's palm (palm upwards) between handle and pallet easily, makes handle brace the palm of user and fixed tray is avoided or dropped.When user removes palm, described handle slides back to a closing position in the mode of exerting pressure thereon automatically or slightly easily.
Term as used herein " palm " (attached number in the figure 15) refers to the middle section of the front portion of hand, is positioned at the metacarpal bone on surface, the centre of the palm.Substantially, " palm " refers to the front area of the hand between the bottom of 4 fingers (forefinger, middle finger, the third finger and little finger of toe) and wrist.
Be understandable that the cavity 26 of any indication refers to the structure of any proper fit at handle 16, make it move from a closing position or slide into release position, vice versa simultaneously.Suitable cavity 26 embodiment comprises passage, groove, breach, track, guide rail, flange and depressed part etc. or their any combination.Described cavity can produce or prepare aft-loaded airfoil and be formed in the preparation process of described pallet 10.The one ridge that described cavity also can protrude by one is formed via after additional or processing, and described one ridge is in order to restriction and locate described handle 16.
Described one ridge is located at described pallet or described handle system lower surface, and its function is spacing described handle, and strengthens the structural strength of pallet of the present invention further through extra support structure.
Be understandable that, the handle extended by a cavity, a base or a pallet of any indication, refer to that described handle does not have extensibility or limited being extended by described cavity, base or pallet, described handle can extension or extend and be no more than 0.5 centimetre from the ultimate range of described cavity, base or pallet.
Handle system 14 described in the present invention comprises support handle 16/ belt body, and it is located in a cavity of a base 18, groove, track, passage or a breach.When not in use, described belt body is flat condition and does not outwards extend away (or substantially externally extension state) from described cavity.When user is for lifting described pallet, user's described belt body that can slide easily extends from described cavity 26/ passage and is inserted between described belt body and pallet by user's palm (palm upwards), makes belt body brace the palm of user and fixed tray is avoided or dropped.When user removes palm, described belt body can slide back to easily to a closing position.
Pallet 10 described in the present invention more comprises a slipmat or non skid matting, and it is arranged at described tray upper surface, slides with than the article avoiding being placed on pallet.Described non skid matting can be one-body molded with described pallet in pallet manufacture process, or can be additional after described pallet completion.
Pallet 10 described in the present invention more comprises an index 17, in order to indicate the position of described handle 16.Described index 17 can be configured to a part for described pallet, or can be attached on pallet after described pallet completion.Described index 17 can be arranged at described pallet week edge, its palm should be inserted to be inserted by palm in described handle in where to indicate user, or described index 17 is as tray center as described in can being arranged to graphically, directly over handle, thus the position indicating handle below pallet is with directed.Described index 17 also can be arranged at pallet lower surface, and arrange in the mode of a rigid surface or projection, user like this perceives it in correct direction by touching.In other embodiments, described index 17 can lighting system realize, so and be convenient to can also point out handling position in dark.Described index 17 is very helpful for often needing the professional waiter of delivery pallet service passengers, also therefore must allow waiter at once/position of effective identification handle, avoid unnecessary time waste.
Region around described pallet 10 bottom handle 16 or described handle system 14 comprise the surface of a roughening or veining, as a skid resistant course, to provide extra grasping force.Optionally, described region is provided with finger groove.Described cavity 26 is optionally rotated with described handle 16, and described pallet 10 can be turned to easily and do not need to reverse arm or wrist.Optionally, the inner side of described handle 16 part is provided with a cushioned material layer to increase comfort level.
During use, described pallet 10, or described in be linked to a pallet the handle system 14 providing end people that gets pallet have higher control to pallet, fundamentally eliminate any unexpected active force.In this way, end gets the people of pallet can comparatively easily and the delivery article of safety, as food or beverage, almost can avoid the risk of overturning pallet and article to its object.
Under normal circumstances, one waiter/waitress takes article when being placed on pallet, and pallet can be placed on sales counter, and is handed over after sales counter takes off pallet to another hand by a hand in sliding manner, maintains pallet more steady with first hand simultaneously.So avoid waiter only can see tray bottom and be forced to use single hand to balance getting pallet with end.Therefore, in this embodiment of the present invention, the handle 16 in described handle system 14 or the handle in pallet 10 can be pulled out by cavity 26 easily, i.e. manipulated with one hand.
" closing position " of term as used herein pallet 10 or handle system 14 refers to the position that handle is positioned at contact or the base 18 close to pallet 10 lower surface 12 or handle system 14.Therefore, " release position " of term as used herein pallet 10 or handle system 14 refers to handle not in contact or the position close to pallet 10 lower surface 12 or base 18.
The people getting pallet when end inserts its palm to handle 16 times (by handle grip to a release position), and between the palm of user and the bottom of described pallet and the back of the hand of user and the inner face position of handle is by generation one close contact.The kenel of this tight support, does not see current existing pallet.By improving reactivity easily, and increasing the opposition avoiding pallet to overturn, user so can be provided to have larger control for the article of pallet 10 and carrying.It should be noted that described handle is contained by side to opposite side and tightly covers user's the back of the hand, not only covered section the back of the hand or Toe Transplantation for Segmental Finger (pallet as prior art), and various hand size can be applicable to.Due to simplicity of design, pallet of the present invention 10 is all applicable with left-handed people for righthanded with described handle system 14, even if when using weak hand delivery pallet, still can represent the advantage in pallet control.
Unless separately there is or is hereafter defined in the remainder of this description herein, in the significant technology of all tools used herein and the technical field of scientific terminology belonging to the present invention, those of ordinary skill can generally be understood.
Before being described in further detail the present invention, be understandable that the present invention is without particular limitation of particular pallet, shape, handle, material or process technique, this is what certainly can change.Can also understand, term used herein only for describing the object of specific embodiments, and is not used to limit the present invention.
Further can understand the present invention by with the explanation of lower part detailed description of the invention, following embodiment is only exemplary, is not used to limit the present invention.
Fig. 1 is that in one embodiment of the invention, waiter's end gets the pallet schematic diagram that has leader.Described pallet 10 comprises a surface plate 12 and and is located at the beneath leader of surface plate 12 16.Pallet 10 in arch, to be placed on for waiter the palm 15 that he opens, the palm 15 of the coated waiter of handle 16 simultaneously by described handle 16 in the present embodiment.The grippage that handle provides makes pallet can be got by one hand end, and provides extra safety and control to avoid article to skid off pallet.
Fig. 2 is according to pallet upper schematic diagram in one embodiment of the invention, and in this embodiment, pallet is rectangle, and in fact, pallet can be any size and dimension, as circular, oval, square etc.The embodiment exemplary according to the present invention, position and the orientation of described handle 16 can change: it can be arranged on the one moving track/cavity 26 of a Rotatable base 18, can move along the direction of arrow 28.Therefore, the rotary motion of this base 18, and described handle 16 makes described handle 16 can be configured in the position of any expectation of surface plate 12 and direction along the linear movement of described track 26.Permission user like this can change pallet the centre of equilibrium (also referred to as with center of gravity and main point) more comfortable with stable carrying posture to obtain one.
According to different embodiments of the invention, described track 26 also comprises the hole arranged along track 26.Described handle can comprise " flank " that two have perforation, and mat is bolted described handle 16, and by connecting bolt to the hole in track 26, so that described handle 16 is fixed on base 18.Preferably, described handle 16 is that user forces in described handle 16 with the severe friction power making described handle 16 move generation along the motion characteristics of described track 26.Described frictional force makes described handle 16 move along described track 26 easily, avoids the displacement unintentionally of described handle 16 simultaneously.In addition, the rotation of this base 18 also can be the feature of violent friction, this provides identical benefit.Therefore, this frictional force makes handle 16 easily movement, prevents handle 16 displacement unintentionally simultaneously.According to another embodiment of the present invention, described handle 16 comprises the assembly that protuberance is connected with it, and has the groove of multiple correspondence.Therefore, such mechanism can change position and/or the orientation of described handle 16 easily according to the position of described surface plate 12 on the one hand, can avoid the position of handle described in chien shih unintentionally and/or directed change on the other hand.
According to other embodiment of the present invention, described handle 16, for fixing, does not have moveable ability.In other words, the mechanism of described handle 16 movement is optionally, and described handle 16 both " forever " can be attached to the same position of described surface plate 12 or described base 18, did not namely move along described track 26, and/or can non rotating.
Fig. 3 is handle system 14 detailed construction schematic diagram of the present invention.Described handle system can be manufactured to single and independently unit, and is attached at the bottom of any applicable pallet or other objects by any possible method.As shown in the figure, described handle 16 is arranged in the described cavity 26 in described unit, and described unit is provided with one ridge, in order to coated and be described handle 16 making space, makes outside the unlikely lower surface extending described unit of described handle.In Yu Bentu, described handle 16 does not have the ability of the diameter movement along pallet.But, concerning user likely by coming shifting balance center from right side or left side pull handle, the arch form that handle 16 is presented there will not be the center in described handle system 14.
Fig. 4 is the present invention two schematic diagram, but is not used to limit the present invention, is handle 16 schematic diagram on pallet 10 of the present invention or in handle system 14.Described handle 16 is flexible for having, and can by any suitable material, and such as rubber, silicon or any suitable polymer are formed.It also can be made of metal, and it is optionally coated with one layer of polymeric, fabric or leather.Described handle can also have cushion.In one embodiment, described handle 16 does not have moving component, thus avoids owing to occurring and the wearing and tearing of moving component or the wearing and tearing of producing lacking practice and skill that rub.But according to another embodiment, described handle 16 does not have moving component, thus avoid owing to occurring with the wearing and tearing of moving component or rubbing and can change when needed easily.
Fig. 5 is that its handle 16 of pallet 10 of the present invention is positioned at one " closed space " (A) and makes pallet can be placed in sales counter or make most pallets can storehouse each other; Or its handle 16 is positioned at one " open space " (B) for user and can inserts its palm between described pallet 10 and described handle with the schematic diagram of pallet described in delivery.Described pallet can have one ridge 29, is described handle making space, and described handle can not be extended from described pallet lower surface.Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram that handle 16 bottom pallet 10 of the present invention holds the palm of user.Being presented in the embodiment in two accompanying drawings according to the present invention, an index 17, as being located at multiple one ridge of tray bottom, being available for users to not need visual its palm of just energy perception can find described handle 16 in correct direction easily.
Fig. 7 is tray upper surface schematic diagram of the present invention, another index 17 of the present invention as shown in the figure, is a white luminous striped.Described index 17 can be any shape, form and color, and can luminous lighting, so that visible under dark condition.
Fig. 8 A for when article by mean allocation at an existing pallet, described pallet still can the schematic diagram of held stationary.Such as, but when stable pallet is interfered, remove the object on pallet 31, pallet like this can tilt, all the other article still on pallet will drop.But pallet 10 (as Fig. 8 B) of the present invention, the palm of the coated described waiter of described handle 16, strengthens the control to pallet, and avoids pallet to tilt to cause article in pallet to drop.Because pallet 10 of the present invention is supported on whole palm 15 region, and optionally supported by the wrist of user or other hand region, only pallet is provided to the support of zonule compared to prior art, pallet of the present invention improves the enabling capabilities of pallet.
Fig. 9 be a pizza box as pallet 10 of the present invention, wherein said handle 16 is arranged at described pallet lower surface in integrated mode.As shown in Figure 9 A, be the bottom of pizza box.When pizza box is for be stored or non-in using state, described handle 16 is positioned at " closed space " and does not externally extend.As shown in Figure 9 B, be the schematic side view of pizza box, wherein said handle can be drawn out for use.And Fig. 9 C is also the bottom schematic view of pizza box, when described handle 16 is positioned at " open space ", then can the palm of coated user.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, an egg carton can comprise the handle of the present invention 16 below installing carton.Described handle 16 can be made up of nonrigid material, thus makes described carton can storehouse mutually.In another embodiment of the present invention, pizza box can be used as pallet.Namely pizza box can comprise one and is installed in handle 16 below pizza box.
The object of the invention has been expressed in above description and the explanation of embodiments of the invention.It is only illustrative the present invention, and and is not intended to the present invention to be limited in above description and accompanying drawing with form by any way.
Defined as above with any term of using in claim, should be made an explanation by according to its definition.Label in the claims does not belong to the part of claims, but for promoting reading convenience.Above-mentioned label should not be interpreted as any type of restriction of claim.
As in the specification and claims, singulative " ", " one " and " being somebody's turn to do " comprise plural reference, except non-content explicitly points out in addition.Therefore, for example, mention that " assembly " can comprise the combination of two or more compositions; Mention that " a kind of liquid " can comprise mixture and the analog of liquid.
As used herein term " substantially " or " in fact " refer to a parameter, represent complete or incompletely only to account for few part (such as, 99.9%, 99%, 98%, 95% or 90% completes).
In sum, although the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment, but above preferred embodiment is also not used to limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art can be changed by the embodiment different to the present invention in detail, do not affect other embodiments of its essence spirit of the present invention.Therefore, the present invention is non-by limiting shown in this accompanying drawing and in description described by embodiment, and the scope that protection scope of the present invention defines with claim is as the criterion.
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1. improve a bearing tray, it is characterized in that, comprising:
The surface of one substantial planar, it has a upper surface and a lower surface;
One is positioned at the cavity bottom described lower surface; And
Leader, it is placed in described cavity,
Wherein said cavity, in order to hold and to retain described handle, makes outside the unlikely lower surface extending described pallet of described handle,
Described handle can be drawn out into a release position from described lower surface easily, preferably controls with the palm providing when end gets described pallet holding a user, and
When palm is removed, described handle can be got back to easily in described cavity and to be returned to a closing position.
2. pallet according to claim 1, is characterized in that, more comprises an index, in order to indicate position and the orientation of described handle, or should insert its palm in where to contact described handle in correct direction in order to indicating user.
3. pallet according to claim 2, is characterized in that, described setup measures is in the top of described pallet or bottom.
4. pallet according to claim 3, is characterized in that, described index protrudes from the surface of described pallet, and/or comprises an illuminating agent.
5. pallet according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described lower surface has one ridge, and described handle can not be extended from described one ridge.
6. pallet according to claim 5, it is characterized in that, described one ridge forms described cavity with handle described in fixing, and described handle moves to described release position by described closing position or moves to described closing position by described release position in described cavity.
7. pallet according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described handle is linked to described pallet in the mode be permanently fixed.
8. pallet according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described handle is linked to described pallet removably.
9. pallet according to claim 8, it is characterized in that, described handle makes described handle be linked to described pallet removably by the groove that a protuberance is corresponding with, can change position and/or the orientation of described handle by this easily, and avoid change unintentionally.
10. pallet according to claim 9, is characterized in that, described handle keeps location by frictional force, can change the position of described handle by this easily, and avoid change unintentionally.
11. pallets according to claim 8, it is characterized in that, described handle is removably linked to a track, described track is arranged along described pallet, thus provides the additional function of a change handling position.
12. pallets according to claim 11, is characterized in that, described handle is fixed on the described track arranged along described pallet by frictional force, can change the position of described handle by this easily, and avoid change unintentionally.
13., according to described pallet arbitrary in aforementioned claim, is characterized in that, described handle is formed by one or more rigid materials.
14. pallets according to claim 13, is characterized in that, described rigid material comprise plastic material, glass fibre, regeneration timber or plastics, metal or timber, or more the group of any combination composition.
15., according to the arbitrary described pallet of claim 1-12, is characterized in that, described handle is formed by nonrigid material.
16. pallets according to claim 15, is characterized in that, described nonrigid material comprise soft-plastic material, organosilicon, leather, fiber, rubber, or more any combination composition group.
17. according to the arbitrary described pallet of claim 1-12, and it is characterized in that, described handle is formed by any rigid material and nonrigid material combine.
18. 1 kinds of handle system unit, is characterized in that, consist essentially of:
One coupling seats, comprises the inner chamber body be formed at bottom this coupling seats; And
Leader, is placed in described inner chamber body,
Wherein said handle system unit is attached to the bottom of the pallet of an arbitrary shape and size, and
Described inner chamber body, in order to hold and to retain described handle, makes outside the unlikely lower surface extending described pallet of described handle,
Described handle can be drawn out into a release position from described lower surface easily, preferably controls with the palm providing when end gets described pallet holding a user, and
When palm is removed, described handle can be got back to easily in described cavity and to be returned to a closing position.
19. handle system unit according to claim 18, is characterized in that, described handle system unit is by be attached to a pallet any one of under type: snap-fitted, gummed, screw lock and welding.
20. handle system unit according to claim 18, is characterized in that, the coupling seats of described handle system unit is rotating, thus can change the position of described handle and orientation.
21. pallets according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described handle is arranged at described lower surface in integrated mode, leave into a release position in order to being pulled from described lower surface easily, preferably control with the palm providing when end gets described pallet holding a user.
22. pallets according to claim 21, is characterized in that, described pallet is a pizza tray, and described handle is a part for described lower surface, and the palm of a user can be made easily to depart from described handle.
23. pallets according to claim 22, it is characterized in that, described handle strengthens its structural strength by a strengthening material, described strengthening material is selected from nylon wire or plastics.
24. handle system unit according to claim 22, is characterized in that, described lower surface comprises an additional isolation layer, thus protect the palm of described user to avoid blanching to hinder.
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