Patent ID: 7017499

Claim:
A reinforcement plate for a bottom of a pallet-like support base supported on corner and center feet and on a base frame, for a pallet container with a plastic inner container, which has a filler connection and a drain connection and a drainage bottom with a central drainage channel that slopes down from a rear wall of the container to the drain connection in a front wall of the container, the drainage bottom conforming to the bottom of the support base and resting on it, and with an outer jacket, which is one of a sheet-metal jacket and a metal cage and is mounted on the support base, the reinforcement plate comprising: a middle web; and two center feet integrally formed on both ends of the middle web, the middle web, which is mountable transversely to the drainage channel of the inner container under the bottom of the support base as a bearing member, being configured to extend via obliquely outwardly directed connecting webs into the center feet for supporting an outer edge of the bottom of the support base, the reinforcement plate with the center feet being a profile part, the reinforcement plate having a stacking aid that facilitates stacking of several reinforcement plates for shipping and storage purposes, wherein the center feet are inclined outwardly at an angle from vertical, and further comprising at least one support knob formed on an inside surface of the center feet as a support for a center foot of a stacked reinforcement plate.