Abstract A pallet adapted to be handled by a fork lift truck has an upper and a lower deck connected by side walls each having a pair of spaced openings for fork tines with the openings in opposite side walls being in alignment and each quarter of the pallet having a pair of said openings. Using imaginary planes perpendicular to the decks and bisecting the sides to divide the pallet into quarters, each quarter of the pallet has four hollow generally Lshaped columns disposed generally at the four corners of a rectangle with three of the colums being adjacent the sides of openings in the side walls and one being located adjacent the center of the pallet. One side of each column is generally aligned with the side of one opening in said quarter and a second side of each column is generally aligned with a side of the other opening in the same quarter to provide for guidance of the fork tines. Hollow depending ribs extend between each adjacent column in each quarter. Arcuate ribs extend from each column in the direction of the diagonally opposed column in said quarter. At least one arcuate rib parallel to the pallet side walls extends from each column in the direction of each adjacent column in each quarter.
A one piece cast synthetic resin pallet comprising: an upper deck, a lower deck, side walls connecting said decks, a pair of spaced openings for fork tines in each side, with the openings in opposite side walls being in alignment and each quarter of the pallet having a pair of said openings, each quarter of the pallet having four hollow generally L-shaped columns connecting the decks disposed generally at the four corners of a rectangle with three of the columns being adjacent the sides of openings in the side walls and one being located adjacent the center of the pallet, one side of each column being generally aligned with the side of one opening in said quarter and the second side of said column being generally aligned with a side of the other opening in said quarter to provide for guidance of fork tines, hollow ribs extending inwardly from each deck between each adjacent column in said quarter, said hollow ribs including at least one arcuate rib parallel to the pallet side walls and extending from each column in each quarter in the direction of each adjacent column in said quarter, and arcuate ribs in each deck extending from each column in each quarter in the direction of the diagonally opposed column in said quarter.
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A one piece cast synthetic resin pallet comprising: an upper deck, a lower deck, side walls connecting said decks, a pair of spaced openings for fork tines in each side, with the openings in opposite side walls being in alignment and each quarter of the pallet having a pair of said openings, each quarter of the pallet having four hollow generally L-shaped columns connecting the decks disposed generally at the four corners of a rectangle with three of the columns being adjacent the sides of openings in the side walls and one being located adjacent the center of the pallet, one side of each column being generally aligned with the side of one opening in said quarter and the second side of said column being generally aligned with a side of the other opening in said quarter to provide for guidance of fork tines, hollow ribs extending inwardly from each deck between each adjacent column in said quarter, said hollow ribs including at least one arcuate rib parallel to the pallet side walls and extending from each column in each quarter in the direction of each adjacent column in said quarter, and arcuate ribs in each deck extending from each column in each quarter in the direction of the diagonally opposed column in said quarter.