Patent ID: 9120596
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A stackable pallet for use in transportation of goods and for stacking in a rotated stacking configuration with at least one second substantially same stackable pallet, the first-mentioned stackable pallet comprising: a substantially planar body having an upper face and a lower face; a plurality of substantially parallel elongate support members depending from the lower face; a plurality of substantially parallel elongate slots, each slot open to at least the upper face, wherein the longitudinal axis of the slots are substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the support members, and wherein each slot is configured to receive a respective one of the plurality of support members of the second stackable pallet, such that, when stacking the second pallet on to the first-mentioned pallet in the rotated stacking configuration, the support members and slots of the second pallet are, respectively, substantially orthogonal to the support members and slots of the first-mentioned pallet and wherein the slots are through the body, such that each slot is further open to the lower face, and wherein each slot is configured to allow a lower portion of each of the plurality of support members of the second stackable pallet to pass through the lower face opening when stacking the second pallet on to the first-mentioned pallet in the rotated stacking configuration, further including an upper recess corresponding to where each slot intersects with each support member, each upper recess located in an upper portion of the respective support member and being open to the respective slot, such that, when stacking the second pallet on to the first-mentioned pallet in the rotated stacking configuration, a part of the lower portion of the respective one of the plurality of support members of the second stackable pallet is received in a respective upper recess of the first-mentioned pallet.