Patent ID: 6986420

Claim:
A modular conveyor belt comprising: a series of rows of belt module pieces, each row including: a first set of hinge eyes along a first end of the row; a second set of hinge eyes along an opposite second end of the row; a group of first module pieces arranged side by side in the row and forming at least some of the first and second sets of hinge eyes; a complementary group of second module pieces arranged across the row and forming other of the first and second hinge eyes; wherein the complementary group of second module pieces is stacked on and mates with the group of first module pieces to form a belt row; and a plurality of hinge pins; wherein the first set of hinge eyes of a row are interleaved with the second set of hinge eyes of an adjacent row and wherein hinge pins extending through the interleaved hinge eyes connect the first module pieces of a row to the second module pieces of the row and pivotably connect consecutive rows into a conveyor belt.