Appeal No. 2004-1359
Application No. 09/875,831
BACKGROUND
Appellant’s invention relates to a pallet platform. The scope of Appellant’s
invention can be ascertained from claim 3 which is reproduced from the Brief below:
3. In combination, a pallet and at least two pairs of a cooperating spaced
apart foot arrangement attached in depending relation from each said pallet,
A. said each pallet comprising
(1) at least two strips forming a pallet body of cardboard construction
material,
(2) a select number of circular shapes of said cardboard construction material
removed to present an edge bounding a circular opening in said pallet body
at each said site of said removal, and
B. said each foot in each said arrangement comprising
(1) a strip of cardboard corrugated construction material approximately one
eighth inch in width wound in a select number of helical turns adhesively
secured to each other into said cylindrical shape,
(2) a surface on an innermost helical turn bounding a hollow core of a
selected diameter,
(3) a select number of helical turns selected to provide a diameter size of said
foot as measured by said diameter of said hollow core and one eighth inch
multiples of said helical turns to contribute to establishing surface contact at
an interface of said end of said foot and said edge bounding said pallet
circular opening, and
(4) an adhesive at the interface of said end of each pallet foot and said each
circular opening edge to contribute to holding each said pallet strip in
assembled condition during use.
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