Shipping pallet and/or deck useful for such

A nestable pallet comprising

• a. deck able to carry a load and be lifted by tines of a forklift the deck comprising
• i. a square or rectangular shaped perimeter wherein a grid of intermediate hollow beams is provided of at least two first sets of hollow beams extending between a first pair of opposed sides of the deck and of two second sets of hollow beams extending between a second pair of opposed sides of the deck, the beams roll-formed from sheet metal that defines a quadrilateral cross sectional wall profile of the beams, at least one of the first and second set of beams defining the bottom of the deck at where fork lift times are able to engage the beams to lift the deck wherein the profile of the bottom of the at least one of said first and second set of beams to receive the tines comprises of (a) both a single ply of said sheet metal defining part of the quadrilateral shaped wall profile and (b) a double ply of said sheet metal defining a flange extending into the interior of the at least one of said first and second set of beams to receive the tines,
• ii. a top panel located on top of and supported by the first and second set of beams,
• b. a plurality of props extending downwardly from the top panel and each defining a depression at the top panel, the props arranged to ensure that the pallet can be stably supported on ground and wherein each depression can at least partially receive a prop of an identical deck from above to allow the pallet to nest in a stacked manner with such an identical deck.

A single deck nestable pallet comprising:

• a deck having a top panel for supporting a load and a bottom, at least four sides, the at least four sides comprising a first pair of opposed sides and a second pair of opposed sides, there being provided a plurality of intermediate spaced apart beams of the deck extending between and to at least a first pair of opposed sides,
• a plurality of discretely distributed primary props dependent from the deck and projecting below the bottom of the deck to aid in supporting the pallet on a surface,
• where two of said beams extend between adjacent primary props,
• wherein the primary props are horizontally spaced apart from each other and from said two beams so as to allow a tine of a forklift to pass in a linear direction parallel to the two beams between adjacent primary props to reach at least partially under and bear on the bottom of the deck and to so always bear on at least one of said two beams,
• wherein each primary prop extends downwardly from the top panel and each defining a depression at the top panel, each depression to at least partially receive a prop of an identical deck from above to allow the pallet to nest in a stacked manner with such an identical deck, and
• wherein, each of the two beams are roll-formed from sheet metal that defines a quadrilateral cross sectional wall profile of each beam and wherein the profile of the bottom of each beams and at where the tines come to bear comprises of (a) both a single ply of said sheet metal defining part of the quadrilateral shaped wall profile and (b) a double ply of said sheet metal defining a flange extending into the interior of each beam.

A single deck nestable pallet capable of being edge supported by spaced apart parallel rails of a storage rack, the single deck nestable pallet comprising

• a deck having a top panel for supporting a load and a bottom, and at least four sides, the at least four sides comprising a first pair of opposed sides and a second pair of opposed sides,
• a plurality of discretely distributed primary props dependent from the deck and projecting below the bottom of the deck to support the pallet on a surface,
• a plurality of discrete secondary props for supporting the pallet on the rails of a rack, each secondary prop projecting below the bottom of the deck and being provided intermediate of a primary prop and an associated at least one of the four sides of the deck to elevate the bottom of the deck above the racks so as to accommodate the passage of a forklift tine between a rail of the rack and the deck of the pallet, and
• wherein the both the primary props and secondary props are spaced apart so as to allow two tines of a forklift to pass between both the primary props and secondary props to come to bear on the bottom of the deck,
• wherein each primary prop extends downwardly from the top panel and each define a depression at the top panel, each depression to at least partially receive a prop of an identical deck from above to allow the pallet to nest in a stacked manner with such an identical deck.