Patent ID: 9586720
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A pallet in an approximately rectangular shape in a plan view, the pallet comprising: four corner columns that are provided at four corners of the pallet; four middle columns, each being provided in a middle between each pair of the corner columns arranged along a side of the pallet; a center column provided at a center of the pallet; an upper deck configured to link upper ends of the corner columns, the middle columns, and the center column, such that upper surfaces of the corner columns, the middle columns, the center column, and the upper deck form an upper deck surface on which an article is mountable; and a lower deck configured to link lower ends of the corner columns, the middle columns, and the center column, such that lower surfaces of the corner columns, the middle columns, the center column, and the lower deck form a lower deck surface which is grounded to an installation surface; and fork insertion structures defined by a lower surface of the upper deck, an upper surface of the lower deck, and side faces of the corner columns, the middle columns, and the center columns, the fork insertion structures having a width defined by a distance between the side faces opposing to each other and being configured to receive forks of fork-equipped lift apparatus which are inserted thereto from four sides of the pallet, the four sides of the pallet constituting an outer circumferential surface of the pallet, wherein the lower deck has a thickness which is smaller than a thickness of the upper deck, wherein a height of the pallet which is a distance between the upper surface of the upper deck and the lower surface of the lower deck is equal to or smaller than 100 mm, wherein the pallet further comprises outer circumferential projections formed along a peripheral edge of the upper deck surface, the outer circumferential projections including: wherein the support portion includes a first part corresponding above each of the fork insertion structures, and a second part other than the first part, the first part having a first height and the second part having a second height greater than the first height, the first part having the same first height over the entire width of the corresponding fork insertion structure, the first height being equal to the thickness of the lower deck.