US Patent Issued to Artistic Composite Pallets on July 22 for "Pallet with impact resistant and strengthened composite legs" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,512, issued on July 22, was assigned to Artistic Composite Pallets LLC (Carmel, Ind.).

"Pallet with impact resistant and strengthened composite legs" was invented by Garrett Clark (Carmel, Ind.) and William A. Bastian II (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pallet includes a deck and one or more leg-plank bridges that extend from the deck. The leg-plank bridges include one or more legs and a plank that extends between the legs. The legs and plank are integrally formed together and attached to the deck. The legs have one or more internal walls that define one or more cavities. Concrete fills the cavities of the legs located ...