Patent ID: 7578244

Claim:
An easily repairable plastic pallet, comprising: at least two elongated plastic runners, each of said runners having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of opposed sides, said top edge and said bottom edge each being provided with pairs of integral pegs extending generally normal to the respective edge, each peg having a generally cylindrical shank and a head at the end of said shank spaced from the edge of the runner on which the peg is located, said head having a larger cross-sectional dimension than that of said shank; at least two upper slats, each of which is provided with openings therethrough to receive and retain one of said pegs; at least two lower slats, each of which is provided with pairs of transversely adjacent openings therethrough, each such opening having a ledge therein to receive and retain one of said pegs; and a slat retaining mechanism comprising an integral raised locking projection between each pair of pegs on said runner, and a corresponding mating recess in each of said slats to receive said projection, said mating recess having an inclined portion and a recess at the end of the inclined portion to form a snap-in retainer to receive said raised projection.