A platform includes a top deck with spaced apart platform support leg openings extending therethrough, and platform support legs extending from a lower surface of the top deck and aligned with the platform support leg openings. A shelf provides support to a bottom surface of a platform support leg from an identical platform when stacked thereon. A pair of extensions extend outwards from a bottom surface of the lower portion, with the opening in the upper portion providing clearance for the pair of extensions on the platform support leg of the identical platform when stacked thereon. The platform includes a platform tracking device including an exterior housing assembly that is positioned at least partially within the top deck and that encloses processing circuitry, memory, one or more sensors, a communication element, and a power supply.

A bulk material shipping container including a pallet, a compartment mounted on the pallet, a material unloading assembly, and a material loading assembly.

A molded plastic stacking device is placed between stacked containers of the type having a pallet bottom supporting a container body or sleeve. The device fits onto the top of one container and provides receptacles that receive and stabilize the legs of an upper pallet that is part of another container.

The invention is directed to a skirt system for use with a pallet carrying goods. The skirt interacts with features on a support pad for quick and easy set up. The skirt is used to cover a stack of pallets supporting the goods and provide a visually pleasing display for such products.

A material-supporting cartridge comprises a frame having an upper surface with an opening, and a pin removably positioned in the opening in a first orientation with a first end of the pin positioned in the frame and a second end of the pin positioned a first height above the upper surface. The pin is dimensioned to be removed and inserted into the opening in a second orientation with the second end of the pin positioned in the frame and the first end of the pin positioned a second height above the upper surface, the first height being greater than the second height. The frame further includes a support tube dimensioned to receive the pin in each of the first and second orientations. The material-supporting cartridge can be used with a rack that defines multiple stacked rows having a vertical spacing between adjacent rows, the vertical spacing being greater than the second height.

To provide a palette, etc. on which an article is placed, including: a foamed synthetic resin-base material; and a polyurea-resin coating layer covering a front surface of the base material; and manufactured by a method including: injecting a polyurea-resin coating material onto a front surface of a foamed synthetic resin-base material; and drying the coating material after the injecting. The injecting may have injecting the coating material onto all surfaces of the base material. A thickness of the coating material formed on a front surface of the base material in the injecting may be controlled proportionally to an expansion ratio of the foamed synthetic resin. The thickness of the coating material may be controlled by adjusting a speed of conveyance of the base material and/or a distance between an injection port for the coating material and the base material. Heating-pressing the base material may further be included before the injecting.

A pallet having a pair of shoulders raised from opposing sides of a deck, a pair of legs extending downwardly from the sides of the deck, and a third leg extending downwardly from a central portion of the deck, the third leg having at least one foot. The shoulders including an inner upper seating surface and an outer upper seating surface. The pair of legs each including an inner support surface vertically offset from an outer support surface. The inner upper seating surface and the outer upper seating surface of the pallet configured to cooperate with the outer support surface of each of the pair of legs of a second pallet stacked atop the pallet to align the two pallets to one another such that the legs of the second pallet do not disengage from the first pallet.

An improved pallet that is easy to assemble and disassemble. In particular, the pallet includes a plurality of stringers with bores, a plurality of deck boards with openings, and a plurality of dowels that attach the stringers and boards at an acute angle. The dowels can have protruding portions for aligning with dimples in the bottoms of neighboring pallets, thus vertically orienting stacked pallets with respect to each other, for efficient and secure stacking of the pallets. The protruding portions can be configured so as to deflect random blows and to minimize damage to the pallets when stacked. The dowels can also be positioned so as to reduce the likelihood of stress fractures to the pallets when the pallets sustain potentially damaging forces.

A bulk material shipping container including a pallet, a compartment mounted on the pallet, a material unloading assembly, and a material loading assembly.

A pallet for goods is provided. In detail, the pallet for goods improves use persistence while enhancing durability or impact resistance. Accordingly, the pallet for goods includes a pallet body portion including a honeycomb member and a panel for covering the honeycomb member, and an outer frame surrounding an external portion of the pallet body portion.