Patent ID: 8656843
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A pallet rail, two or more of which are usable in spaced-apart relation to support respective portions of a rigid load to thereby form a four-way pallet, comprising: (a) an elongate support box formed from a paper blank that is folded along four parallel fold lines to define a pair of laterally spaced-apart side walls, a bottom wall, a second bottom wall overlapping the bottom wall, and a vertically spaced-apart upper support wall, wherein the bottom wall and the second bottom wall are adhered to each other with an adhesive comprising ethylene vinyl acetate, and wherein the second bottom wall further comprises a set of four notches formed for receiving and holding a wrapping material for wrapping the pallet rail and the rigid load; (b) a pair of clean, die cut, tab-less, rectangular openings, disposed on each one of the pair of side walls, having a height that is equal to the height of the side wall and a width of sufficient size for a fork of a fork lift to enter; (c) a first and a second central alignment notch, at least one of the notches visible from a front, or rear view, each of the central alignment notches being aligned with corresponding alignment notches located on the rigid load, wherein the first central alignment notch is disposed on a longitudinal end of the upper support wall and the second central alignment notch is disposed on an opposite longitudinal end of the upper support wall; (d) a set of no more than four separately-formed reinforcing tubes, comprising densified paper, positioned within the support box, being cylindrical around an axis that is perpendicular to the upper support wall, and further comprising