Patent ID: 9598205
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A single sheet, unitary, molded plastic pallet comprising: a plurality of leg structures each with sidewalls extending from an open top side in a load plane to a closed surface in a floor plane, said leg structures being arranged in rows and columns and including at least one center leg; a plurality of connector structures between the corner legs and the center leg, each having sidewalls extending from a closed bottom surface in said floor plane to a top side opening in said load plane, each of said connector structures having four corners and an integral connector rib extending from each corner to a neighboring leg structure; a plurality of load support structures each having sidewalls extending from a closed top surface in said load plane to an open bottom, the sidewalls of said load support structures being common to the sidewalls of one of said leg structures and said connector structures; all of said leg, connector, and load support structures being integrally formed from said single sheet; and an integral peripheral structure extending continuously around said leg, connector, and load support structures and providing a continuous lip that extends outwardly from and in a plane above said leg structures; wherein the side surfaces of said connector structures have openings formed and aligned with one another to admit forklift tangs.