Patent ID: 6748876
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A reinforced composite pallet assembly of the sandwich-type, the assembly comprising:a substantially flat deck having front, back and side edges and including: a load-bearing skin made of a reinforced thermoplastics material; a grid of reinforcing slats; a cellular core made of a thermoplastics material; and a tine-engaging skin made of a reinforced thermoplastics material; the grid of reinforcing slats being positioned at predetermined places against the tine-engaging skin wherein the distance between the skins is reduced during molding of the deck which molding locally crushes the core at the predetermined places to form respective pockets for the reinforcing slats and to produce the substantially flat deck; and at least one support for supporting the deck at the predetermined places against the reinforcing slats so that tines can lift and support the pallet assembly at the tine-engaging skin.