Patent ID: 8210107
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A thermoformed pallet comprising: a pallet assembly including, a deck having a thermoformed pallet shell with a first shell half formed from a first three dimensionally shaped sheet and a second shell half formed from a second three dimensionally shaped sheet, a support layer formed from a third three dimensionally shaped sheet positioned between said first shell half and said second shell half, said support layer including upwardly extending reinforcing structures in communication with said first shell half and downwardly extending reinforcing structures in communication with said second shell half, said reinforcing structures positioned side-by-side and terminating in alternating upwardly facing closed ends and downwardly facing closed ends, and said closed ends being fused under heat and pressure to said thermoformed pallet shell to maintain said first shell half and said second shell half a fixed distance apart.