Patent ID: 8887646

Claim:
A shipping pallet, comprising: a top deck; a bottom skid; a plurality of posts connected to said top deck and said bottom skid such that said top deck is positioned at a distance from said bottom skid, where said plurality of posts are tubular; a plurality of reinforcements, each one of said plurality of reinforcements disposed within a respective one of said plurality of posts such that said plurality of reinforcements increases the strength of each of said plurality of posts; a plurality of collars, a portion of said plurality of collars are integrally formed with said top deck, and a portion of said plurality of collars are integrally formed with said bottom skid, where said plurality of collars are circular; and a plurality of raided ridges formed between said plurality of collars and integrally formed with said bottom skid for providing strength to said bottom skid, where each end of said plurality of raised ridges terminates at each of said plurality of collars.