A pallet for supporting product capable of being moved by means of a fork lift truck or similar unit having at least two runners and a plurality of deck boards or stringers, the deck boards being dadoed into the runners, at least a portion of the inner edge of each of the outermost deck boards being thinner than the full thickness of the deck board, the corresponding runner adjacent the thinner portion of the deck board being undercut complementary thereto to receive the deck board in intimate contact to thereby strengthen the pallet.
A pallet having no nails in its construction comprises a pair of metal (preferably steel) bearers of rectangular cross-section, between which two linear arrays of planks or slats extend. Each bearer has an inner wall, an outer wall, an upper wall and a lower wall. The ends of the planks or slats are positioned in respective openings of linear arrays of openings formed in (i) the corner formed by the inner wall and the upper wall and (ii) the corner formed by the inner wall and the lower wall, of each bearer. Slots in one face of each plank or slat near each end thereof locate each plank by receiving the inner wall edges of respective openings of the bearers. The natural resilience of the timber of each plank or slat, combined with choice of the dimensions of the openings in the bearers, ensures that the pallet will be rigid. The planks or slats may be of softwood.
A pallet is constructed of two parallel lower beams on edge and four parallel upper beams on edge crossing the lower beams and connected to the lower beams by notched joints which provide clearance for the fork of a forklift beneath the upper beams at two sides of the pallet, and above the upper edges of the lower beams and below the upper edges of the upper beams at the other two sides of the pallet.
A pallet includes a pair of rails with inner side surfaces that have mortises formed therein near their top surface and are arranged facing each other. Load deck boards extend between the rails and have ends that substantially correspond to the mortises. The boards are inserted into the mortises to form a mortise joint. Fixing members formed of integral legs conform to the outer surfaces of the rails. A flange extends from each leg along its length and in a direction such that one of the flanges can be inserted into a longitudinal groove formed in an outer side surface of a rail and another flange can be inserted into another corresponding groove that is formed in the top surface of the rail and in the boards, thus securing the boards to the rails. The flanges of the fixing member are removable from the grooves, and the boards are removable from the mortises to permit disassembly of the pallet.
A pallet includes a cargo layer and a base layer. The base layer includes a pair of spaced apart end deck boards, and a pair of spaced apart connector boards orthogonal to the pair of spaced apart end deck boards, with each connector board and each end deck board having respective ends. A strength plate is coupled to each respective end of the connector boards in the base layer. Spaced apart support blocks are between the base and cargo layers, and form a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member. First fasteners couple the cargo layer to an upper surface of the support blocks. Second fasteners couple the base layer to a lower surface of the support blocks so that the ends of the connector boards and the corresponding strength plates are coupled to a first area of the lower surface of the support blocks, and so that the ends of the end deck boards are coupled to a second area of the lower surface of the support blocks.
A pallet includes a base layer and a cargo layer. The cargo layer includes a pair of spaced apart end deck boards, and a pair of spaced apart connector boards orthogonal to the pair of spaced apart end deck boards. Spaced apart support blocks are coupled between the base and cargo layers and form a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member. Each support block includes a stepped top surface having a first level for receiving an end deck board and second level for receiving a connector board.
