A pallet is provided for supporting loads thereon. The pallet includes an upper member formed of thermoplastic material for receiving loads thereon, a plurality of rows of supporting elements for supporting said upper member in an elevated position to permit the entry of lifting forks thereunder, and a reinforcing member positioned between the supporting elements and the upper sheet to bridge a load positioned on the upper sheet between the respective supporting elements. The reinforcing member ...

A pallet with single or double decks detachably fastened to pallet feet. The feet are anchored to an upper deck by twisting them into place. The upper deck is apertured on its under side to present tabs for anchoring the feet. The feet are hollow conical frustum bodies and may be stiffened by internally carried cores.

A four-way entry pallet of a construction enabling it to be made of molded plastic material to provide lightness without sacrifice of strength, comprises top and bottom walls, two pairs of opposite sidewalls having openings for receiving tines of a lift fork, reinforcing connecting columns between the top and bottom walls, and openings in the top and bottom walls, providing lightness. The top wall comprises T-shaped reinforcing ribs which provide strength and rigidity. Some of the openings in th...

A pallet for supporting material thereon includes a base having a substantially flat portion of a rectangular shape lying in a plane. The pallet has two opposing sides extending in one direction from the plane and forming flange portions for retaining the material supported by the pallet. The pallet also includes a reinforcing member secured to the base and which strengthens the pallet and provides a surface for supporting the material carried by the pallet.

An improved low cost pallet is provided by means of a honeycomb core member to which is hingedly secured two honeycomb support members. The pallet may be shipped in a flat condition, and, when ready for use, the support members are positioned underneath the core member along two spacedly opposed side edges thereof. The honeycomb core member is covered with a facing sheet as well as a backing sheet which, in part, forms the hinge means that secure the support members to the core member. Strips of...

Stacked empty pallets having registering sockets in adjoining surfaces are interlocked by latch members carried by yieldable arms extending from the mid sections of the sockets and yieldably projecting from the socket of one pallet into the corresponding socket of an adjoining pallet.

A pallet made of a plastic or organic polymeric material and of a unitary surface having a deck providing a load supporting surface. A plurality of spaced hollow legs project from the opposite surface of the deck. A plurality of hollow ribs project from the same opposite surface to define channels in the load supporting surface. The legs have drain holes in the bottom thereof. Each channel extends between a pair of legs and has a bottom which slopes downwardly to each of the pair of legs from a ...

A pallet formed from plastic material including means to permit four-way entry. Encircled sockets are provided on two side faces of the pallet to permit the tines of a forklift truck to engage the pallet. The other two side faces of the pallet have openings to permit the tines of a hand truck to enter and engage the pallet. The pallet is constructed and arranged to provide substantial structural strength with minimum weight and is provided with a top non-skid surface.

A pallet composed of at least two parallel spaced transverse members and a plurality of longitudinal members extending across said transverse members on both the upper side and the lower side thereof. Each of the longitudinal members is connected to the transverse members, with each of trapezoidal cross-sectional portions thereof being fitted in each of complementary dovetail grooves formed in the upper and lower surfaces of each transverse member, and being secured therein by means of a fastene...

Stacked empty pallets having registering sockets in adjoining surfaces are interlocked by latch members carried by yieldable arms extending from the midsections of the sockets and yieldably projecting from the socket of one pallet into the corresponding socket of an adjoining pallet.