摘要 |
IN ONE EMBODIMENT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION, THE PALLET ASSEMBLY (10) COMPRISES A PLURALITY OF TOP DECK MEMBERS (14a) SPACED IN PREDETERMINED POSITIONS LATERALLY TO THE PALLET ASSEMBLY (10), A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED TOP STRINGERS (12a) LAID IN PARALLEL AND SPACED IN PREDETERMINED POSITIONS LONGITUDINALLY TO THE PALLET ASSEMBLY (10), AND A PLURALITY OF SUPPORT MEMBERS (7). THE TOP DECK MEMBERS (14a) ARE LATCHED AND STRINGED TOGETHER BY THE TOP STRINGERS (12a) TO FORM A TOP SURFACE TO THE PALLET ASSEMBLY (10) THAT IS OF EVEN HEIGHT OR LEVEL. IN YET FURTHER EMBODIMENTS OF THE PALLET ASSEMBLY (10', 10", 10"'), THE TOP DECK MEMBERS (14a) ARE STRINGED AND LATCHED TOGETHER BY PRONG OR PRONGS (20 FIGS. 8 AND 9, 42 10) OF A C-SHAPED MEMBER, TWO C-SHAPED MEMBERS OR A COMB SHAPED MEMBER, TO FORM A TOP SURFACE TO THE PALLET ASSEMBLY THAT IS OF EVEN HEIGHT OR LEVEL. IN ANOTHER EMBODIMENT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION, THE PALLET ASSEMBLY (50) HAS A PLURALITY OF DECK MEMBERS (14) SPACED IN PREDETERMINED POSITIONS LATERALLY OF THE PALLET ASSEMBLY (50) AND LATCHED AND STRINGED TOGETHER BY A PLURALITY OF STRINGERS (12) LAID IN PARALLEL AND SPACED IN PREDETERMINED POSITIONS LONGITUDINALLY TO THE PALLET ASSEMBLY (50) TO FORM A TOP SURFACE TO THE PALLET ASSEMBLY THAT IS OF EVEN HEIGHT OR LEVEL. THE STRINGERS (12) MAY BE TRAPEZOIDAL ELONGATED BARS, ELONGATED HOLLOW TRAPEZOIDAL TROUGHS OR CHANNELS, U-CHANNEL HAVING A BOTTOM PLATE, TWO SIDE PLATES AND A RETURN AT THE FREE END OF EACH SIDE PLATE OR A PAIR OF C-CHANNELS FACING ONE ANOTHER WITH EACH C-CHANNEL HAVING A WEB ORIENTED VERTICALLY AND TWO FLANGES. |