Patent ID: 11939107
Assignee: ARTISTIC COMPOSITE PALLETS LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A pallet, comprising:
a deck;
a leg extending from the deck;
wherein the leg in part defines a fork opening configured to receive a fork;
wherein the leg has a lead side on an exterior of the leg that faces towards the fork when being received into the fork opening;
wherein the leg has an interior side located opposite the lead side;
wherein the leg has a plurality of spoke walls extending in a radial direction inside of the leg;
wherein the spoke walls define a plurality of cavities;
wherein the cavities include a plurality of lead side cavities and a plurality of interior side cavities;
wherein the lead side cavities are positioned at the lead side of the leg;
concrete filling the lead side cavities to strengthen the leg against impacts by the fork;
an insert made of foam;
wherein the insert includes a base and a plurality of petals extending from the base;
wherein the base is positioned outside of the cavities;
wherein each of the petals have a wedge shape;
wherein the petals of the insert extend from the base into the interior side cavities to fill the interior side cavities; and
wherein the lead side cavities of the leg are empty of the petals.