Pallet

Claim 1

A pallet having vertically spaced upper and lower loadcarrying surfaces, the upper load-carrying surface being integral with the upper edges of a lattice of a plurality of intersecting longitudinal and cross ribs presented edgewise to said surface, the ribs extending the full thickness of the pallet in nine regions spaced from each other and aligned lengthwise, crosswise, and diagonally of the pallet in sets of three, two sets extending respectively across each end of the pallet from corner to corner and a third set extending crosswise of the pallet midway between the ends of the pallet, the ribs between said full thickness regions terminating midway between the upper and lower surfaces of the pallet to provide two pairs of fork lift ways intersecting each other, one pair of ways extending from end to end and the other pair extending from side to side of the pallet; the side to side ways being open at the lower surface of the pallet including the regions of intersection with the end to end ways, and the end to end ways having their lower sides closed between the regions of intersection with the side to side ways by lattices of intersecting longitudinal and cross ribs presented edgewise to the lower surface of the pallet and serving as cross struts tying together the lower edges of the full thickness ribs, the depth of said ribs above the end to end ways including the ribs in the regions of intersection of the end to end ways with the side to side ways being less than the depth of said ribs above the side to side ways excluding the regions of intersection of the end to end ways with the side to side ways.