Patent ID: 6508182
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: B29C,B29L

Abstract:
A pallet of unitary construction comprising:a load-carrying platform having a first side and a second side; said first side comprising a closed surface having a plurality of upstanding projections distributed over the entirety of said surface and lying in substantially the same plane, said projections being separated by a grid-like pattern of longitudinal and transverse lands for preventing slippage of articles carried on said surface; said second side comprising an understructure, a plurality of longitudinal beams, and a plurality of lateral connectors, each of said understructure, said longitudinal beams and said lateral connectors comprising a plurality of hollow, open cells, said plurality of cells having at least two different cross-sectional sizes; said understructure defining a first plane; said plurality of longitudinal beams comprising two outer longitudinal beams and a central longitudinal beam, each said longitudinal beam extending across said second side in a longitudinal direction and defining a second plane, said longitudinal beams operable to engage said lands so as to enable a plurality of said pallets to be stacked one on top of another in an interlocking manner; said plurality of lateral connectors extending between said central longitudinal beam and either of said outer longitudinal beams and defining a third plane.