Patent ID: 7007613

Claim:
A pallet which comprises: (a) a top sheet and a bottom sheet of material defining upper and lower column elements, respectively; the upper column elements being folded perpendicularly, prior to use, to the top sheet and extending downwardly therefrom; the lower column elements being folded perpendicularly, prior to use, to the bottom sheet and extending upwardly therefrom; each upper column element, in assembled relation, being disposed contiguous with one of the lower column elements; and (b) means for locking each contiguous pair of upper and lower column elements together, the locking means comprising at least one arrow-shaped fastener, each fastener having a barbed head and a shaft, the shaft being attached to one of the column elements, each column element having a cutout which defines at least one slot, the barbed head of each fastener in a contiguous pair of column elements penetrating the slot of the contiguous column element in such a way that the barbed head and its shaft are locked into place, making each contiguous pair of column elements into a rigid structure.