EP2552795B1 - Pallet system for storage or transport of articles or materials - Google Patents

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EP2552795B1
EP2552795B1 EP11716602.5A EP11716602A EP2552795B1 EP 2552795 B1 EP2552795 B1 EP 2552795B1 EP 11716602 A EP11716602 A EP 11716602A EP 2552795 B1 EP2552795 B1 EP 2552795B1
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Petri Piirainen
Juha MÄKELÄ
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Definitions

  • the invention relates to a pallet for storage or transport of articles or materials as defined in the preamble of independent claim 1 comprising a base member having a first surface for supporting articles or material, a second surface, and at least one lateral side.
  • WO 2008/129137 presents a universal chassis for attaching goods, such as a product, a box, a rack, or a structural element.
  • the universal chassis has a base part, to which one or several following fastening elements have been connected either detachably and/or fixedly: a mounting slot, fastening rail, fastening edge, fastening lid, side fastening element in the lateral plane of the universal chassis, intermediate fastening part, which can be attached to the goods and the universal chassis.
  • WO 2004/087513 presents a material handling container used for curing blocks of cheese that are vacuum packed.
  • the container includes a pallet type base with a smooth platform and a plurality of side panels.
  • the side panels have locking members and the locking members are inserted in apertures.
  • GB 2 213 798 presents a collapsible container that comprises a base with slots there through, two opposing side walls presenting elements to be engaged in the slots to interlock the side walls against vertical displacement relative to the base and two end walls, which present elements to be engaged in openings in the base and which lock the end walls with the base.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a pallet for storage or transport of articles or materials which allows using of various kinds of wall members i.e. wall types which are supported in an essentially upright position at and by the base member of the pallet.
  • the pallet of the invention is characterized by the definitions of independent claim 1.
  • the invention is based on proving the first surface of the base member with first apertures for receiving a first part of a first wall member of a first type, which first wall member of a first type is to be supported in an essentially upright position at the base member and by the base member, and by providing the first surface of the base member with second apertures for receiving a second part of a second wall member of a second type, wherein said second type is different from said first type and wherein said second wall member of the second type is to be supported in an essentially upright position at the base member and by the base member.
  • the first apertures are preferably, but not necessarily, in the form of holes which have a round cross-shape and which are configured for receiving a first part of a first wall member, which first part has a corresponding round cross-shape.
  • the second apertures are preferably, but not necessarily, in the form of elongated slots configured for receiving a second part of a second wall member, which second part has a flat or sheet-like configuration and wherein the second wall member is made of sheet-like material such as cardboard, plastic cardboard, paperboard, corrugated fiberboard or the like.
  • the base member is preferably in the form of a rectangle so that the base member has four lateral sides and four corners, each provided with a corner component.
  • the base member is preferably in the form of a rectangle so that the base member has four lateral sides and four corners, each provided with a corner component that is provided with a first aperture for receiving a first part of a first wall member of a first type and with a second aperture for receiving a second part of a second wall member of a second type.
  • the base member is preferably in the form of a rectangle so that the base member has four lateral sides and four corners, each provided with a corner component that is provided with a wheel.
  • each of the four first apertures is provided with first locking means for locking a first wall member of a first type to the base member of the pallet.
  • the base member is preferably in the form of a rectangle so that the base member has four lateral sides and four corners, each provided with a corner component.
  • the base member of the pallet comprises a base component such as a board component.
  • the base component may for example be made of wood such as plywood, metal, polymer or combinations of these materials.
  • the four corner components are attached to the base component for example by means of fastening members such as screws, rivets etc.
  • the four corner components may for example be made of material comprising polymer such as plastic.
  • the invention relates to a pallet (not marked with a reference numeral) for storage or transport of articles (not shown in the figures) or material (not shown in the figures).
  • the pallet comprises a base member 1 having a first surface 2 for supporting articles or material, a second surface 3, and at least one lateral side 4.
  • the base member 1 is basically in the form of a rectangle so that the base member 1 has four lateral sides 4.
  • the first surface 2 of the base member 1 is provided with first apertures 5 for receiving a first part 6 of a first wall member 7 of a first type, which first wall member 7 of a first type is to be supported in an essentially upright position at and by the base member 1.
  • the first wall member 7 can comprise several wall elements (not shown in the figures), which may be fastened to each other for example by a hinge arrangement so that the first wall member 7 can form an at least partly laterally or sideways closed space such as a bin.
  • the base member 1 may be configured for receiving several first wall members 7 which together can form an at least partly laterally or sideways closed space such as a bin.
  • the first surface 2 of the base member 1 is additionally provided with second apertures 8 for receiving a second part 9 of a second wall member 10 of a second type, wherein said second type is different from said first type and wherein said second wall member 10 of the second type is to be supported in an essentially upright position at the base member 1 and by the base member 1.
  • the second wall member 10 can comprise several wall elements (not shown in the figures), which may be fastened to each other for example by a hinge arrangement so that the second wall member 10 can form an at least partly laterally or sideways closed space such as a bin.
  • the base member 1 may be configured for receiving several second wall members 10 which together can form an at least partly laterally or sideways closed space such as a bin.
  • At least one first aperture 5 is preferably arranged spaced i.e. at a distance from at least one second aperture 8.
  • all first apertures 5 are arranged spaced i.e. at a distance from the second apertures 8. It is however possible that at least one first aperture 5 can coincide at least partly with at least one second aperture 8 or that all first apertures 5 coincide with all second apertures 8.
  • the first apertures 5 and the second apertures 8 are arranged in the first surface 2 along the lateral sides 4 of the base member 1, preferably in the first surface 2 along the lateral sides 4 and additionally near the corners 12 of the base member 1.
  • the first apertures 5 and the second apertures 8 are arranged in the first surface 2 along the lateral sides 4 and near the corners 12 of the base member 1.
  • the pallet is preferably, but not necessarily, provided with wheels 11.
  • the pallet is provided with four wheels 11 such that a wheel 11 is provided near each corner 12 of the base member 1 of the pallet.
  • the wheels 11 are preferably, but not necessarily, provided on the second surface 3 of the base member 1 as shown in the figures. It is however possible that the wheels 11 are arranged at the lateral sides 4 of the base member 1 of the pallet for example such that the wheels 11 are fastened to the lateral sides 4 of the base member 1 of the pallet. If the pallet is provided with wheels 11 at least some of the wheels 11 can be made turnable about a vertical axis.
  • the base member 1 may have at least one corner 12 that is provided with a corner component 13.
  • the base member 1 has preferably, but not necessarily, four lateral sides 4 and a corner 12 between two adjacent lateral sides 4, and at least one corner 12 is preferably, but not necessarily, provided with a corner component 13.
  • the base member 1 is basically in the form of a rectangle so that the base member 1 has four lateral sides 4 and four corners 12, each provided with a corner component 13.
  • the base member 1 comprises a base component 14 such as a board component, and corner components 13, which are attached to the base component 14 and which are made of a material different from the material of the base component 14. It is for example possible that the corner components 13 are fastened to the base component 14 by means of fastening members 15 such as screws, rivets etc.
  • the base component 14 may for example be made of wood such as plywood, metal, polymer or combinations of these materials.
  • the corner component 13 may for example be made of material comprising polymer such as plastic.
  • the first surface 2 of the base member 1 is essentially flat.
  • the first surface 2 of the base member 1 is provided with fastening means (not shown in the figures) such as rails, holes, or apertures for fastening or securing articles or material to the pallet.
  • the first surface 2 of the base member 1 is provided with fastening means such as rails, holes, or apertures for fastening or securing articles or material to the pallet, which fastening means are embedded into the first surface 2 so that the first surface 2 of the base member 1 except for the places where a fastening means is provided forms an essentially flat, uniform structure.
  • a preferred embodiment of the pallet comprises a corner component 13 that is provided with a first aperture 5 and with a second aperture 8.
  • each of the four corners 12 of the pallet is provided with a corner component 13 that is provided both with a first aperture 5 and with a second aperture 8.
  • a preferred embodiment of the pallet comprises a corner component 13 that is provided with a wheel 11.
  • each corner 12 of the pallet is provided with a corner component 13 that is provided with a wheel 11.
  • the pallet comprises at least one first aperture 5 that is provided with first locking means 16 for locking a first wall member 7 of a first type to the base member 1.
  • first locking means 16 for locking a first wall member 7 of a first type to the base member 1.
  • the first locking means comprises a latch pin 19 that can be moved between a locking position, where the latch pin partly enters a first part 6 of a first wall member 7 of a first type, which first part 6 is placed in the first aperture 5, and a releasing position.
  • the first locking means 16 are preferably, but not necessarily, designed such that they can be locked or released i.e. operated by foot.
  • the first locking means 16 is configured for automatically locking a first part 6 of a first wall member 7 of a first type to the base member 1 when a first part 6 of a first wall member 7 is placed in a first aperture 5. It is for example possible that the first part 6 of the first wall member 7, as shown in figure 13 , is provided with a flexible lip 20 that is configured to snap into a recess 21 in the first aperture 5 when the first part 6 of the first wall member 7 is placed into the first aperture 5.
  • the first apertures 5 are preferably, but not necessarily, in the form of holes which have a round cross-shape and which are configured for receiving a first part 6 a first wall member 7 which first part 6 has a corresponding round cross-shape.
  • the second apertures 8 are preferably, but not necessarily, in the form of elongated slots configured for receiving a second part 9 of a second wall member 10, which second part 9 has a flat or sheet-like configuration and wherein the second wall member 10 correspondingly is made of flat, sheet-like material such as cardboard, plastic cardboard paperboard, corrugated fiberboard or the like.
  • the pallet comprises preferably, but not necessarily, at least one second aperture 8 in the form of an elongated slot that extends essentially parallel with a lateral side 4 of the base member 1.
  • each of the four second apertures 8 are in the form of an elongated slot that extends essentially parallel with a lateral side 4 of the base member 1.
  • the second surface 3 of the base member 1 may be provided with stacking means or indentation means 17 for co-operation with a first wall member 7 of a first type so that one pallet can be supported in lateral and vertical direction on top of first wall members 7 of a first type that are supported in an essentially upright position at the base member 1 and by the base member 1 of another pallet.
  • At least one corner component 13 may be provided with an indentation means 17.
  • the indentation means 17 may be for example in the form of separate indentation components (not shown in the figures), which are arranged at the second surface 3 of the base member 1. It is also possible that indentation means 17 are integrally formed in the second surface 3 of the base member 1.
  • second locking means 18 for locking a pallet in place on top of second wall members 10 of a second type that are supported in an essentially upright position at the base member 1 and by the base member 1 of another pallet are preferably, but not necessarily, provided.

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