Impact absorbing corner structure

Claim 1

A pallet having an upwardly presented load carrying surface integral with the upper edges of a lattice of a plurality of inner walls individually presented edgewise to said surface and intersecting each other at a plurality of intersections, said inner walls being united to each other at the intersections and forming openings between the intersections normal to said surface, peripheral support means for the lattice comprising a rectangular frame of outer walls joined integrally with the periphery of the lattice and having spaced fork entry passageways for receiving the forks of a lift truck, outer walls of said frame being joined to form a corner and portions of inner walls of said lattice bridging the space within the corner with ends of adjacent inner walls being spaced from each other along and joined to an outer wall, and portions of said outer walls in the space between said portions of inner walls along said corner having re-entrant portions and the outermost of said inner walls opposite said re-entrant portions having oppositely directed angulated sections to compel the inward buckling only of said outer wall portions and said corner in response to a blow on said corner large enough to cause buckling of the walls of said corner.