Patent ID: 7878127

Claim:
A pallet comprising: a base layer; a cargo layer configured to support a plurality of different size cargo cases, with the different size cargo cases having different corner widths to be directly supported by the cargo layer; said cargo layer comprising a pair of spaced apart end deck boards, each end deck board having a first width, and a plurality of spaced apart intermediate deck boards positioned in a pattern between said pair of spaced apart end deck boards and configured to provide deck coverage so that the different corner widths for the plurality of different size cargo cases are directly supported by the plurality of spaced apart intermediate deck boards, and also spaced apart from said pair of end deck boards, the pattern defined by two pairs of first and second intermediate deck boards, each intermediate deck board in each pair having a second width, and each pair of intermediate deck boards being adjacent one of the end deck boards, a pair of third intermediate deck boards between the two pairs of intermediate deck boards, each third intermediate deck board having a third width different from the second width, and a fourth intermediate deck board between the pair of third intermediate deck boards, and having the second width, and said end deck boards having a thickness different from a thickness of said plurality of intermediate deck boards; and a plurality of spaced apart support blocks coupled between said base and cargo layers and forming a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member, with each support block comprising a stepped top surface so that an upper surface of said end deck boards and an upper surface of said plurality of intermediate deck boards are coplanar.