Pallet

A pallet comprising:

• a substantially planar load-bearing member (12) formed from an upper sheet of material (13) and a lower sheet of material (15) located generally in spaced parallel relationship to each other;
• feet (32) for elevating the load-bearing member (12) a selected distance above the surface on which the pallet (10) is resting, the feet (32) depending downwardly from the load-bearing member (12), each of the feet (32) formed of walls including integral solid portions (40) formed of portions of the two sheets of material (13, 15) pressed together;
• the upper sheet of material (13) having defined in its upper surface a plurality of linearly extending upwardly opening top channels (22) having a pre-selected depth, the top channels (22) having floor portions (23) at their bottom;
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• the lower sheet of material (15) having defined therein a plurality of linearly extending, downwardly opening bottom channels (26) having a depth selected so that the combined depths of the lower channels (26) and the upper channels (22) is equal to the distance between the upper and lower sheets of material (13, 15), the lower channels (26) having ceiling portions (30) formed at the tops thereof, the top channels (22) and the bottom channels (26) being so oriented relative to each other that at no point are any of the top channels (22) parallel to an adjacent one of the bottom channels (26), the floor portions (23) of the top channels (22) being integrally attached to the ceiling portions (30) of the adjacent bottom channel (26) at each location where a one of the top channels (22) intersects a one of the bottom channels (26) to firmly fix the top and bottom sheets of material (13, 15) to each other in a spaced relationship to provide strength and rigidity.