Patent ID: 7380509

Claim:
A pallet arrangement intended for one-time use only, comprising an upper deck plate ( 2 ), bottom runners ( 3 ) and spacer elements ( 4 ) located between the upper deck plate ( 2 ) and the bottom runners ( 3 ) and functioning as pallet feet, said spacer elements ( 4 ) comprising tubular spacer elements ( 5 ) and being fixed positionally in relation to the upper deck plate ( 2 ) against locking flaps ( 8 ) folded out from circular fold lines ( 7 ) punched in said upper deck plate ( 2 ), through an inner cylindrical surface ( 6 ) of a corresponding one of said tubular spacer elements, said locking flaps ( 8 ) being in turn, clamped firmly between the tubular spacer elements ( 5 ) and locking tubes ( 10 ) pressed from above into openings ( 9 ) formed in the upper deck plate ( 2 ) by punching-out and folding down said locking flaps ( 8 ), wherein: the bottom runners ( 3 ) are comprised of upper and lower U-shaped pallet runners ( 13 , 14 ) which are joined together with their respective legs ( 18 - 21 ) facing towards each other at the same time as legs ( 18 , 19 ) of the upper pallet runners extend over and are affixed to legs ( 20 , 21 ) of the lower pallet runners; and the upper pallet runners ( 13 ) include apertures ( 12 ) which engagingly receive the tubular spacer elements ( 5 ), lower free ends ( 11 ) of which are affixed to an inner bottom surface ( 16 ) of the lower pallet runners ( 14 ) with the aid of an adhesive ( 15 ).