Appeal No. 97-2535
Application 08/129,108
Appellants' invention relates to a pallet container assembly (10) having a plastic container (12),
a steel mesh support cage (14) and a floor pallet (16). The plastic container (12) is seated on what is
described as a top plate (22) of the floor pallet. The steel mesh support cage (14) peripherally2
surrounds the plastic container (12) and is described as having horizontal rods (34) and vertical rods
(18) welded to the horizontal rods. The lowermost horizontal rod (34) of the cage (14) is seated on the
upper face of the top plate (22) of the floor pallet. The floor pallet also includes a bottom plate (24)
and a structure between the top and bottom plates
In the embodiment shown in Figure 3 of appellants' drawings, some of the vertical rods (18) are
longer than others. These longer vertical rods extend through bores (20) in the pallet plates and are
threaded at their lower ends (26) to removably receive nuts (28). The nuts (28) engage the underside
of the bottom pallet plate (24) to effectively connect the threaded vertical rods (18) to the bottom pallet
plate (24), thereby securing the plastic container (12) in place on the top pallet plate (22). In other
embodiments, such as Figure 5, discs (30) engage the underside of the bottom pallet plate and are
welded to the lower ends of the longer vertical rods (18) to effectively provide a permanent attachment
of the longer vertical rods to the bottom pallet plate.
The top plate of the floor pallet is shown in Figure 3 to constitute two plate members, one seated on the2
other.
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