A Transport and Storage System

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of the transportation and storage of goods and to a transport and storage system and in particular, but not necessarily restricted thereto, a system for the transportation and storage of goods such as palletised goods and self-standing goods. The present invention seeks to provide a system that can enable goods to be securely and reliably horizontally, vertically and offset stacked, despite different sizes of goods and support members therefor, such as pallets, whereby wasted volumes arising from the presence of irregular loads, pallets or pallets of different levels or different load ratings in storage and transport can be minimized.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a national phase application based on PCT / GB2017 / 000102, filed Jul. 7, 2017, entitled A TRANSPORT AND STORAGE SYSTEM, the content of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to the field of the transportation and storage of goods and to a transport and storage system and in particular, but not necessarily restricted thereto, a system for the transportation and storage of palletised goods.BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION[0003]In the field of logistics, that is the field of movement and supply of produce and materials, the transportation of intermediate and finished products is frequently assisted by the use of pallets. A pallet typically comprises a flat rectangular structure that supports goods in a stable fashion whether remaining in a transport vehicle—such as a lorry, container etc., a warehouse, storage area etc. or being lifted by a forklift, pallet truck, f...

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Benefits of technology

[0015]It is recognised that, conveniently, a transport/storage assembly in accordance with the invention comprises a wall arrangement defining four panels, the dimensions of which enable the walls to be placed about or in close/abutting relationship with a pallet base or other type of product to be transported or stored or when placed upon a support surface.

[0016]The cover is conveniently manufactured from a variety of materials, such as thermo-formed plastics, moulded fibreboard, a formed plastics or moulded resin impregnated fibre or similar. An aperture or cut-out can be defined within a wall of the wall members, to enable access within the assembly. Linking members can be provided whereby to link adjacent assemblies other horizontally or vertically one with respect to the other, by means of coupling holes, straps and latches arranged along edge portions of the assemblies. Security tags can be employed to secure loads for transport and to reduce or minimise interference.

[0017]The base support surface upon which transport/storage assembly is placed can comprise one of a ground surface (generally), a floor associated with one of a support bench/storage-racking system associated a stores area, a workshop/office/storage area, a load floor of a transport vehicle and a cover of another cylindrical transport/storage assembly. By having a wall which can be folded in a flat fashion when not in us

Problems solved by technology

The lack of a single international standard for pallets causes substantial continuing expense in international trade.

A single standard is difficult because of the wide variety of needs a standard pallet would have to satisfy: passing by or through doorways, placing within standard containers and unit load devices (ULDS), noting that weigh

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