Stackable Pallet With V-Shaped Ribs For Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current pallet systems for transporting packaged goods face challenges such as high material and physical costs, frequent tipping, and spillage during shipping and handling, leading to back and repetitive stress injuries for workers.
Innovation Solution
A stackable pallet design featuring V-shaped ribs, ledges, and handle strengthening ribs to prevent sliding and tipping, allowing for efficient stacking and easy handling of heavier loads, with angled surfaces for smooth ramp traversal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional pallets are used for transporting packaged goods, then the pallets are simple in structure, but they cause frequent tipping and spillage during shipping and handling
Solution Approach 1:
The pallet is divided into multiple functional components: a base structure, four legs positioned at corners, four handles (two on each long side), and LED lighting elements. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function while collectively providing stability and safety during transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The pallet features asymmetric handle placement with two handles on each long side positioned at different locations, creating an asymmetric pattern that improves grip accessibility and control during handling operations, thereby reducing tipping incidents.
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional pallets are used, then manufacturing costs are low, but worker injuries from back and repetitive stress injuries cost significant money
Solution Approach 1:
The pallet incorporates self-illuminating LED elements that automatically light up during transport, providing visibility and warning to workers and drivers without requiring additional external lighting equipment, thereby preventing accidents and reducing worker injuries while maintaining ease of manufacture.
3Productivity
If packaged goods are loaded onto traditional pallets, then loading is simple, but significant amounts of time and energy are devoted to loading, unloading and shelving
Solution Approach 1:
The pallet legs are designed to be adjustable in length, allowing the pallet height to be dynamically modified to match different loading conditions and vehicle configurations. This dynamic adaptability enables faster loading and unloading operations by eliminating the need for extensive manual adjustment, thereby improving productivity while reducing time loss.
4Strength
If pallets are designed with strengthening ribs and V-shaped structures, then tensile strength increases allowing greater quantities and weights of products to be shipped, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pallet incorporates V-shaped ribs and curved strengthening elements that utilize geometric curvature to maximize tensile strength. The V-shape distributes stress forces more effectively than straight ribs, allowing the pallet to support greater weights and quantities of products while the curved design flows smoothly to minimize stress concentration points.
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AI summary
A pallet for shipping and displaying of packaged goods wherein the pallet comprises a plurality of stacking feet joined together by angled ribs to substantially prevent or inhibit spreading of the stacking feet due to high weight loads, a plurality of handles that include handle-strengthening areas and finger recesses to increase the strength and lifting ergonomics of the pallet, and an angled surface on the bottom of the stacking feet to facilitate transporting of the loaded pallet from a distribution vehicle to a retail location over certain obstacles. Accordingly, the packaged goods can comprise beverage trays filled or partially filled with beverage bottles, or any good and/or raw material for sale and/or use in manufacturing.