Patent ID: 7690315

Claim:
A nestable pallet comprising: a deck; a plurality of feet extending downward from the deck; the deck including a planar member having a plurality of holes therethrough for receiving feet of a similar pallet, each of the holes aligned with one of the plurality of feet, the deck further including at least one handle hole; the deck including a plurality of ribs extending downward from the planar member; and a reinforcement sheet having foot openings for receiving the feet and at least one handle opening for aligning with the at least one handle hole in the deck, the reinforcement sheet having a planar upper surface for mating with the plurality of ribs, the reinforcement sheet sized to be connected to the plurality of ribs of the deck, wherein the plurality of feet extend downwardly of the reinforcement sheet, such that lowermost surfaces of the plurality of feet are spaced downwardly from the reinforcement sheet; wherein at least a first foot opening of the foot openings completely circumscribes at least a first foot of the plurality of feet, each of the plurality of foot openings other than the first foot opening extends more than 180 degrees around a different one of the plurality of feet other than the first foot, but less than completely circumscribes its associated foot, such that a portion of the reinforcement of the reinforcement sheet is between a nearest periphery of the pallet and each of the plurality of feet.