Patent ID: 6622642
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A dual deck pallet comprising:a first sheet having a first rigid but formable single sheet of material, a first plurality of apertures, and a first structure including a first external surface, a first internal surface substantially parallel and opposite to the first external surface, and a first plurality of channels and ridges formed in the first sheet to form a plurality of channels and ridges in the first external surface and a corresponding plurality of ridges and channels in the first internal surface such that each ridge formed in the first internal surface defines a channel in the first external surface and each channel formed in the first internal surface defines a ridge in the first external surface; a second sheet having a second rigid but formable single sheet of material, a second plurality of apertures, and a second structure including a second external surface, a second internal surface substantially parallel and opposite to the second external surface, and a second plurality of channels and ridges formed in the second sheet to form a plurality of channels and ridges in the second external surface and a corresponding plurality of ridges and channels in the second internal surface such that each ridge formed in the second internal surface defines a channel in the second external surface and each channel formed in the second internal surface defines a ridge in the second external surface; a plurality of columns disposed between the first sheet and the second sheet, each column comprising a bottom portion, a top portion, and a tube extending from the bottom portion to the top portion; and a plurality of clamping pins coupling the first sheet to the second sheet, each clamping pin being disposed in the tube of a corresponding column and being removable from the tube, each clamping pin extending through a corresponding aperture in the first sheet and a corresponding aperture in the second sheet, each clamping pin having a first lip configured to abut portions defining the corresponding aperture in the first sheet and a second lip configured to abut portions defining the corresponding aperture in the second sheet.