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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.6658/DELNP/2008 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :31/07/2008 (43) Publication Date : 24/10/2008
(54) Title of the invention : DURABLE PALLET AND PALLET BLOCK
(51) International classification :B65D 19/12 (71)Name of Applicant :
(31) Priority Document No :11/382,148
1)CHEP TECHNOLOGY PTY LIMITED
(32) Priority Date :08/05/2006
Address of Applicant :LEVEL 40, GATEWAY, 1
(33) Name of priority country :U.S.A.
MACQUARIE PLACE, (GPO BOX 4173), SYDNEY, NEW
(86) International Application No :PCT/US2007/010886 SOUTH WALES 2001 (AU) Australia
Filing Date
:03/05/2007 (72)Name of Inventor :
(87) International Publication No :WO 2007/133485 1)NAIDU, VISHNU
(61) Patent of Addition to Application
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Filing Date
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2)BEERENSSON, JAMES
(62) Divisional to Application Number :NA
Filing Date
:NA
(57) Abstract :
The invention provides systems and methods of joining two or more pallet sections, including a top deck and a bottom deck. The top
deck may include a portion of pallet blocks that project downwardly and include outer sleeves and bosses or posts. The bottom deck
may include a portion of pallet blocks that project upwardly and include inner sleeves, post receiving cavities and radial ribs, wherein
the post receiving cavity is coupled to the inner sleeves by the plurality of radial ribs. The post may be inserted into the post receiving
cavity to protrude through the post receiving cavity and to extend beyond a plane that is defined by bottom portions of radial ribs.
During insertion of the post into the post receiving cavity, the outer sleeve is fitted over the inner sleeve. The top deck and the bottom
deck may be joined together using a heat staking assembly process that includes applying heat and pressure to reform a tip portion of
the post to mechanically lock the top deck and the bottom deck through the pallet blocks.
No. of Pages : 26 No. of Claims : 34
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