Patent ID: 7712421

Claim:
A pallet for receiving and transporting loads, having a receiving plate ( 2 ) for receiving the loads, and a substructure ( 3 ) which supports the receiving plate ( 2 ) and is constructed of an upper part ( 30 ) and a lower part ( 40 ) and several support members ( 50 ) therebetween inserted, the pallet comprising: the support members ( 50 ) each composed of a held-together bundle ( 51 ) of individual rods, which extend between the upper part ( 30 ) and the lower part ( 40 ), which can be laterally deflected with respect to each other and which have damping properties, at locations vertically spaced apart from each other in the position of use, the upper part ( 30 ) having hollowed-out spaces ( 35 ) on an underside and the lower part ( 40 ) having the hollowed-out spaces ( 35 ) on a top, into which end sections of the bundles ( 51 ) are inserted, and the hollowed-out spaces ( 35 ) having a hood-shaped curvature.