Pallet with impact guards

A pallet comprising:

• a plastic deck spaced apart from a plastic base by opposed inset block structures formed integral with said plastic deck and said plastic base,
• said block structures having at their opposed ends fastening elements extending between said plastic deck and said plastic base for joining said deck to said base and defining open spaces therebetween to allow the entry of fork tines, pallet jacks and pallet moving equipment,
• said block structures having a double wall construction comprising a first exterior wall and a second interior wall,
• plastic impact guards surrounding said block structures and extending from the bottom surface of said deck to the top surface of said base to prevent shifting of said impact guards relative to said deck and said base, and
• said impact guards being fabricated of plastic material to prevent the tines, jacks and equipment from piercing said exterior wall of said block structures to thereby prevent entry of foreign material into an interior space between said first exterior wall and said second interior wall.

A pallet comprising:

• a plastic deck spaced apart from a plastic base by opposed inset block structures formed integral with said plastic deck and said plastic base,
• said inset block structures having at their opposed ends fastening elements extending between said deck and said base for joining said deck to said base and defining open spaces therebetween to allow the entry of fork tines, pallet jacks and pallet moving equipment between said plastic deck and said plastic base,
• at least one of said plastic deck and said plastic base includes a compartment extending into an interior space of a block structure,
• plastic impact guards surrounding said block structures and preventing the tines, jacks and equipment from piercing a wall of said compartment to allow entry of a foreign material into said interior space, and
• said impact guards extending from the bottom surface of said deck to the top surface of said base to prevent shifting of said impact guards relative to said deck and said base when contacted by fork tines, pallet jacks, and pallet moving equipment.