Rackable plastic pallet

A pallet comprising:

• an upper plastic structure including a planar platform section defining an upwardly facing load receiving surface and a plurality of legs extending downwardly from said platform section to define tunnels therebetween for receipt of the forks of a forklift truck;
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• a lower plastic structure comprising a first plastic sheet secured to the under face of said legs of said upper plastic structure, a second plastic sheet having portions thereof fused to the under face of portions of said first plastic sheet and having further portions thereof spaced downwardly from further portions of said first plastic sheet to define a hollow therebetween, and a rigid beam received within said hollow and encapsulated between said first and second sheets, the under face of said second plastic sheet forming the lower surface of said pallet and defining a downwardly facing support surface on which the pallet may rest.

A pallet comprising:

• a plastic structure including a planar platform section defining an upwardly facing load receiving surface and a plurality of legs extending downwardly from said platform section to define tunnels therebetween for receipt of the forks of a forklift truck and each having a downwardly opening groove at the bottom thereof;
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• a plurality of beam structures extending beneath said plastic structure with each beam structure secured to the bottom of at least one leg, each of said beam structures including a base section and a central upstanding spine section, each spine section being received in at least one of said grooves and said base sections being positioned beneath the bottoms of said legs to provide a base on which the pallet may rest, each beam structure including a metallic beam forming said spine section and a plastic housing encapsulating said beam and forming said base section.

A pallet comprising:

• a main body plastic structure defining an upwardly facing load receiving surface defined by a first upper plastic sheet and downwardly facing attachment surface means defined by a second lower plastic sheet fused to said first sheet at selected locations and otherwise spaced downwardly from said first sheet to define a twin sheet construction;
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• a base plastic structure assembly positioned beneath said platform section, secured to said attachment surface means of said main body plastic structure to provide a base on which the pallet may rest, and including a plurality of rigid beams extending generally parallel to said load receiving surface.