Pallet

Claim 1

A pallet comprising a. a generally rectangular, integrally molded load-bearing body, b. a top surface on the load bearing body, c. a plurality of indentations in the top surface, spaced apart from each other, d. a floor at the bottom of each top indentation, e. the spaces between the top indentations defining bottom indentations, f. side walls of the top indentations converging toward each other downwardly, g. side walls of the bottom indentations converging toward each other upwardly, h. adjacent top and bottom indentations having common side walls, i. the top and bottom indentations having end walls disposed linearly in the same plane, j. the top of each end wall of the top indentations coinciding with the plane defined by the top surface, k. the bottom of each end wall of the bottom indentations coinciding with the plane defined by the bottoms of the floors of the top indentation, l. a full-length, elongated, hollow, support leg at each opposite longitudinal side of the body, open at the top, and extending below the plane defined by the bottom of the top indentations, m. each support leg provided with vertical, integral, latitudinal bridges defining a plurality of separate compartments in the legs, n. the top of the bridges coplanar with the plane defined by the top surface, o. horizontally opposite slots in the support legs in their longitudinal sides, positioned below the plane defined by the bottom of the floors in the top indentations, p. the slots spaced upwardly from the bottom edge of the legs, q. the portions of the bridges in the legs opposite to the slots, cut away to admit lifting devices into the legs through the slots.