Patent ID: 6010003
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A reusable shrink-wrapping pallet for packages, the invention comprising:a pallet member formed having essentially rigid first and adjacent second sections, said first section and said second section each including an upper and lower surface and opposing inner and outer edges, said first and second sections of said pallet member being joined along the inner edge of said first section and the inner edge of said second section, said pallet member being adapted to hold a selected object to be secured on the upper surface of said first section of said pallet member, and said first section of said pallet member having a width at least as wide as the object to be secured;a flexible film having first and second ends being secured to said pallet member near the outer edges of said first and said second sections of said pallet member; said film molding to the contour of the object to be secured upon application of a controlled amount of heat thereto and retaining a memory of the contour of the object to be secured;an adjustable sized pocket adapted to hold the object to secured therein being formed between the upper surface of said first section of said pallet member and an opposing lower surface of said film;said pallet member being adapted to fold between said first section and said second section along a primary axis between said inner edge of said first section and said inner edge of said second section of said pallet member, said second section being rotatable about said primary axis such that said lower surface of said second section moves into an opposing relationship to said lower surface of said first section; and,said pocket being reduced in size when said second section is rotated about said primary axis into a position in which the lower surface of said second section is adjacent the lower surface of said first section and said pocket being increased in size when said lower surface of said second section is rotated away from said lower surface of said first section;whereby the object to be secured can be removed from the pocket of the pallet without tearing of the film securing the object to be secured.