Patent ID: 7987797
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pallet for use in transporting packaged goods, comprising: a front side wall, a right side wall, a rear side wall and a left side wall, the pallet having a central longitudinal axis running from the left side wall to the right side wall; a base configured to support the packaged goods, the base being joined to each of the front side wall, right side wall, rear side wall, and left side wall such that each side wall is orthogonal to the base, the base including an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface being substantially planar, and the lower surface including a first set of ribs substantially perpendicular and adjacent to the central longitudinal axis of the pallet, wherein the first set of ribs includes a plurality of substantially V-shaped ribs, and further wherein each of the substantially V-shaped ribs forms an inverted V-shaped angle; and a plurality of pairs of stacking feet configured to support the base of the pallet, wherein each stacking foot in each pair of stacking feet is substantially equidistant from the central longitudinal axis of the pallet, wherein each rib in the first set of ribs is configured to join a respective pair of stacking feet together to substantially inhibit the respective pair of stacking feet from spreading when the pallet rests upon the stacking feet, and wherein each stacking foot has a plurality of interior ribs each directly contacting an interior surface thereof and configured to support a bottom of an upper nested like pallet, at least one of said interior ribs in at least one of the stacking feet having a top that is vertically higher than the top of an adjacent interior rib, where the bottoms of said at least one interior rib and said adjacent interior rib are in the same horizontal plane, each of the plurality of interior ribs being configured such that outer walls of the stacking feet of the upper nested pallet do not come into contact with inner walls of the stacking feet of the lower pallet.