Patent ID: 8161893

Claim:
A corrugated pallet comprising: a top; a bottom; a first pair of opposing side walls extending from said top to said bottom and having a foldable tab at an end thereof; a second pair of opposing side walls extending from said top to said bottom and having a foldable tab at an end thereof; wherein said top, bottom, first pair of opposing side walls, and second pair of opposing side walls define an interior space of said pallet; and at least one core within said interior space of said pallet, said core comprising at least one wall for structural support of said pallet, wherein said wall forms a substantially closed shape and further wherein said wall is folded such that said core has a thickness of at least two walls along a substantial portion of the perimeter thereof, thereby forming an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein an inner surface of said outer wall contacts an outer surface of said inner wall, wherein said outer wall stops short of extending entirely along a side of said inner wall to provide an exposed outer surface of said inner wall; and a cross section extending from an interior edge of said at least one wall to an opposite interior edge of said at least one wall, wherein the exposed surface of the inner wall of said at least one core mates with the foldable tab of one of said opposing side walls, the foldable tab, when mated with the inner wall of said at least one core, forming a substantially continuous wall with the outer wall of said at least one core.