Patent ID: 6123032
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A pallet comprising:an upper deck formed from a single sheet of rigid but formable material, the single sheet of rigid but formable material havinga load bearing surface on a first side of said sheet, and a lifting surface on an opposite second side of said sheet,a plurality of depressions in said load bearing surface corresponding to an equal number of legs extending from said lifting surface,a plurality of channels and ridges formed in said single sheet to form a plurality of channels and ridges in said load bearing surface and a corresponding plurality of ridges and channels in said lifting surface wherein each said ridge in said load bearing surface corresponds to a channel formed in said lifting surface and each said channel formed in said load bearing surface corresponds to a ridge formed in said lifting surface, andan inverted peripheral substantially U-shaped channel formed around and opening from a periphery of said upper deck; andat least one reinforcing member received within said peripheral substantially U-shaped channel through the open side of said inverted peripheral substantially U-shaped channel.