US Patent Issued to CHEP Technology on Dec. 16 for "Compression molded double wall blocks for a pallet and associated methods" (Florida, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,750, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CHEP Technology Pty Ltd. (Sydney).

"Compression molded double wall blocks for a pallet and associated methods" was invented by Christopher John Gerou (Orlando, Fla.) and Dwight Bryan Whitfield Sr. (Whigham, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression molding system includes a first extruder to output melted plastic, and a second extruder downstream from the first extruder to mix the melted plastic with wood chips to output a composite material. A transfer valve alternately directs the composite material between inner block molds and outer block molds. Each inner block mold has an inner blo...