Patent ID: 8397649
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L

Abstract:
1. A pallet comprising an upper deck and a lower deck, the upper deck and the lower deck being connected by a plurality of spaced apart columns, fork insertion apertures formed by the upper deck, the columns and the lower deck and opening to all four sides of the pallet, the upper deck being a hollow shell of reinforced plastic and including an upper deck member forming an upper planar exterior wall and partial column formations forming a lower exterior wall, the lower deck being a hollow shell of reinforced plastic and including a lower deck member forming a lower planar exterior wall and partial column formations forming an upper exterior wall, the lower deck and the upper deck including a low density core completely filling the upper deck and the lower deck between the upper and lower exterior walls of the upper deck and the lower deck, the columns each including the partial column formations of the upper deck bonded to the partial column formations of the lower deck, and each column including a first partial column formation including a male end part and a second partial column formation including a female end part, the male and female end parts engaging to join the upper deck and the lower deck, the female end part of the second partial column formation being formed of only the respective hollow shell of the upper deck or the lower deck.