Patent ID: 6428069
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
A puller device for engaging with a pallet of the type having at least a bottom deck formed of a plurality of substantially parallel spaced-apart slats, each slat being fixed to the slat-coupling side of a stringer that extends substantially orthogonal to the parallel slats, the puller device comprising:a puller portion having an elongated configuration along an axial direction thereof, said puller portion having first and second ends distal from one another; an engagement portion fixed to the first end of said puller portion, said engagement portion having: a stringer cradling portion fixed to the first end of said puller portion and extending transverse to the axial direction for communicating with the slat-coupling side of the stringer in the region between the spaced-apart slats; and a coupling protuberance fixed to said stringer cradling portion in a region distal from said puller portion for communicating with a surface of a slat directed toward the slat-coupling side of the stringer; and a coupler arrangement disposed on the second end of said puller portion.