Pallet

Claim 1

A pallet structure constructed of thin sheet material of substantially uniform thickness throughout, and having a generally planar load supporting member, a plurality of downwardly directed hollow legs formed from said sheet material and opening on the upper face of said load supporting member, said legs being symmetrically disposed with one leg disposed adjacent each corner of the load supporting member and intermediate legs disposed therebetween, said legs being so arranged that the fork of a lift truck may be inserted therebetween, a plurality of elongated downwardly directed hollow reinforcing ribs extending between such legs and opening on the upper face of said load-supporting member, the depth of said stiffening ribs being less than the depth of said legs to permit such a fork lift to pass under such stiffening ribs, said legs having reinforcing ribs which extend laterally outward from the asoicated leg sidewall and upwardly with the upper ends thereof opening on said load-supporting surface, a continuous reinforcing edge structure encircling said load-supporting member and formed from said sheet material, said edge structure comprising a first portion, of inverted U-shape, in transverse cross section, having a pair of spaced sidewalls and a top wall connecting said sidewalls, the inner sidewall of said portion extending upwardly from said planar load-supporting member to provide a peripheral abutment encircling the same, the outer sidewall terminating at its lower edge in an outwardly directed bottom wall, the latter having at its outer edge an upwardly directed sidewall to form a second portion of U-shape in transverse cross section, with the intermediate side wall forming a part of both U-shaped portions.