Patent ID: 6938559

Claim:
A pallet assembly comprising a metal base member and a removable plastic deck member joined to said metal base member, and integral mating interlocking means which in combination join said plastic deck member to said metal base member; wherein said metal base member and said plastic deck member each comprise an outer perimeter, wherein said mating interlocking means are positioned within said outer perimeters of said metal base member and said plastic deck member; wherein said metal base member further comprises a generally flat upper surface and wherein said mating interlocking means comprises apertures disposed in said upper surface of said metal base member and depending lug members on said plastic deck member which extend through said apertures in said metal base member upper surface; and wherein said depending lug members each comprise at least one detent member, wherein the width of said depending lug members in a direction containing said at least one detent member is greater than the corresponding width of said apertures in said upper surface of said metal base member in such direction.