| 摘要 |
An improved load bearing pallet (100) includes an upper deck (102) formed from a sheet of thermoplastic material with a load engaging surface and an opposing, substantially parallel lift engaging surface. Ridges (130), channels (128), depressions (110), and legs (108), are formed in the sheet with corresponding features being necessarily defined by the sheet on the opposite side. The pallet preferably includes a peripheral channel (118) formed around a periphery of the upper deck. A reinforcing member (120) received within the peripheral channel includes a steel core (122) encapsulated within a thermoplastic coating (124). A lower deck or other support structure may be coupled or molecularly bonded to the upper deck. The lower deck may also include ridges, channels, depressions, legs, and reinforcing members. The invention includes runners coupled to the legs of the decks, a stack of decks with runners, and a method for stacking decks when the decks are not in use.
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