Robert H Gruber

US Patent:

6607199, Aug 19, 2003

Filed:

Apr 20, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/839018

Inventors:

Robert V. Gruber - Hermosa Beach CA

Assignee:

Rehrig Pacific Company - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

B62B 302

US Classification:

280 33991, 280 33997, 280 33998, 280 7911, 280 4312, 206509, 206505

Abstract:

A dolly and a tray and dolly assembly are provided. The dolly has a floor with upper and lower surfaces and with one or more features such that when the tray floor is received on the dolly floor, the feature interlocks the tray with the dolly. One feature is a plurality of protruding members extending upwardly from the dolly floor upper surface into openings in the tray floor to interlock the tray with the dolly. Another features is the presence of dolly side wall locking portions configured to abut and mate with corresponding tray side wall bottom locking portions on the tray to interlock the dolly with the tray.

US Patent:

6644218, Nov 11, 2003

Filed:

Sep 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/949390

Inventors:

Robert V. Gruber - Hermosa Beach CA

Assignee:

Rehrig Pacific Company - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

B65D 1938

US Classification:

108 5712

Abstract:

A pod for absorbing shock placed on a load includes a rigid body, a rigid face, and a spring assembly. The face is positioned above the body for attachment to the underside of a load placed on the face. The spring assembly connects the body to the face. The spring assembly absorbs shock placed on the load during momentum changes felt by the load during transit or while being placed on a support surface. The pod may also be incorporated into a pallet assembly.

US Patent:

6659019, Dec 9, 2003

Filed:

Jul 30, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/918079

Inventors:

Robert V. Gruber - Hermosa Beach CA
Trenton M. Overholt - Manhattan Beach CA

Assignee:

Rehrig Pacific Company - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

B65D 1938

US Classification:

108 535, 108 541, 108 5726, 108901, 206386

Abstract:

A foldable device for facilitating the stacking of adjacent pairs of pallets loaded with container arrays includes a pair of pivotally-interconnected sections. Each section includes a generally flat bottom surface adapted to rest on a respective top layer of exposed container tops, and a top surface that include surface features whose uppermost portions cooperate to define a first reference plane. Each section includes a plurality of complementary hinge components defining a pivot axis that lies in a second reference plane located between the sections bottom surface and first reference plane, and further includes detents by which to maintain the bottom surfaces of each section pair in a substantially coplanar relationship when the hinged sections are spread open. Preferably, the surface features of each section pair are complementary such that, the assembly is folded about the resulting shared pivot axis, the bottom surfaces become generally parallel-spaced to facilitate device storage.

US Patent:

7104553, Sep 12, 2006

Filed:

Feb 22, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/064144

Inventors:

Robert V. Gruber - Hermosa Beach CA, US

Assignee:

Rehrig Pacific Company - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

B62B 3/02

US Classification:

280 33991, 280 33997, 280 33998, 280 7911, 280 4312, 206509, 206505

Abstract:

A dolly and a tray and dolly assembly are provided. The dolly has a floor with upper and lower surfaces and with one or more features such that when the tray floor is received on the dolly floor, the feature interlocks the tray with the dolly. One feature is a plurality of protruding members extending upwardly from the dolly floor upper surface into openings in the tray floor to interlock the tray with the dolly. Another features is the presence of dolly side wall locking portions configured to abut and mate with corresponding tray side wall bottom locking portions on the tray to interlock the dolly with the tray.