Patent ID: 6109190
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A product and material handling pallet comprising:a molded plastic upper piece and a molded plastic lower piece, said upper and lower pieces adapted for latched mating when brought together in registration;said upper piece comprising a pervious load bed predominantly of cellular honeycomb-like construction and a plurality of support posts having side walls extending downwardly from said load bed, each of said support posts being at least partially hollow and open at its lower end, each of said support posts having a recessed slot in at least one of said side walls extending from the lower end of said support post toward said load bed, and a latch ledge projection within said slot and located at a distance from the lower end of said slot;said lower piece comprising a framework of interconnected side rail members, cross-rail brace members and a plurality of support post platforms, each said platform having a base surface and at least one upstanding latch finger extending upwardly from said base surface and terminating at its upper end in a projecting latch shoulder;said support post platforms being so arranged and positioned as to each mate in registration with one of said support posts with said at least one latch finger extending into a recessed slot of said support post sufficiently that said shoulder of said latch finger latches over said latch ledge of said slot.