Patent ID: 7637219

Claim:
A pallet for receiving and transporting loads, comprising: an upper platform for receiving the loads, the upper platform having an underside surface including a first plurality of groove-shaped connecting sections extending in the underside surface from a first side edge of the underside surface to an opposite second side edge of the underside surface; a lower platform having a top side surface including a second plurality of groove-shaped connecting sections extending parallel to the first plurality of groove-shaped connecting sections and extending in the top side surface from a first side edge of the top side surface to an opposite second side edge of the top side surface; a plurality of longitudinally extending strip-like support elements which are attachable to the underside surface of the upper platform and the top side surface of the lower platform, and each of the support elements extending from the first side edge of each of the upper platform and the lower platform to the opposite second side edge; each of the support elements including a first counter-connecting section extending along a top portion and that is inserted into one of the first plurality of groove-shaped connecting sections to dispose the support elements parallel to one another; each of the support elements including a second counter-connecting section extending along a bottom portion and that is inserted into one of the second plurality of groove-shaped connecting sections; each of the supports elements having a profile section extending between the first and second counter-connecting sections and that includes one of an X-shaped, an S-shaped, a round or an oval cross-sectional structure, the profile section structure forming two longitudinally-extending hollow spaces, each of the longitudinally-extending hollow spaces extending a length of the support elements and having a length dimension that extends parallel to the upper and lower platforms; wherein at least the support elements are made of polyurethane foam with hemp fibers embedded therein.