Patent ID: 8667905

Claim:
A shipping pallet comprising: a pallet-deck that includes a first corner, a second corner, a third corner, and a fourth corner; a first bottom-deck member; a first C-bracket fixedly adjoining an end of the first bottom-deck member to the first corner by the first C-bracket's top and bottom, respectively; a second C-bracket fixedly adjoining another end of the first bottom-deck member to the second corner by the second C-bracket's top and bottom, respectively; a second bottom-deck member; a third C-bracket fixedly adjoining an end of the second bottom-deck member to the third corner by the C-bracket's top and bottom, respectively; a fourth C-bracket fixedly adjoining another end of the second bottom-deck member to the fourth corner by the second C-bracket's top and bottom, respectively; a first port sized to receive load-handling equipment tines, the first port formed by the pallet-deck, the first bottom-deck member, and an inside of each of the first C-bracket and the third C-bracket, the first port being unobstructed between the inside of each of the first C-bracket and the third C-bracket; and a second port sized to receive the load-handling equipment tines, the second port formed by the pallet-deck, the second bottom-deck member, an inside of each of the second C-bracket and the fourth C-bracket, the second port being unobstructed between the inside of each of second C-bracket and the fourth C-bracket; and wherein the first C-bracket, the second C-bracket, the third C-bracket and the fourth C-bracket are separate from each other.