Patent ID: 6220183
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A stackable pallet comprising:a support plate;a plurality of feet arranged on said support plate, said plurality of feet on said support plate being adapted to be telescopingly received in feet of other pallets to form a storage stack of said pallets with said pallets in the storage stack spaced at a first distance, and said plurality of feet on said support plate being adapted to be placed on top of feet of other pallets to form a work stack of said pallets with said pallets spaced in the work stack spaced at a second distance, said second distance being greater than said first distance;an interrupted resting place formed at an upper end of each said foot adjacent said support plate; anda base formed at a lower end of each said foot, each said pallet being orientable in a work stack forming position with said base of each said foot being received on said interrupted resting place of an adjacent one of said pallets when said pallets are formed in said work stack, each said pallet being orientable in a storable stack position with said feet of each of said pallets being telescopingly received in feet of an adjacent one of said pallets with said base of each said foot passing through said interrupted resting place of an adjacent one of said pallets, said interrupted resting place on each said foot centering said base of said foot received in it when adjacent ones of said pallets are oriented to form said work stack and said storage stack.