Corrugated pallet and container system

A pallet component adapted for receipt of and movement by the forks of a fork pallet truck, the pallet component comprising:

• a unitary sheet of corrugated material having top and bottom generally planar surfaces and opposed parallel sides, inner and outer panels defined at each of said opposed parallel sides by fore-and-aft extending inner and outer fold lines running parallel to the sides, said inner and outer panels folded together about each of said outer fold lines into facing contact with each other, the folded together inner and outer panels folded downwardly along each of said inner fold lines to form fore-and-aft extending outer or side runners unitary with the remainder of the sheet to provide outer runner lateral stability;
• a central runner fixed to the bottom of the sheet generally parallel to said outer runners to define with the outer runners fore-and-aft extending fork receiving areas;
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• a wrapper extending under the central and side runners, the wrapper folded around the side runners about fold lines parallel to the side runners so that the side runners are surrounded on their bottom, side and top portions, the wrapper having upper planar portions extending inwardly from the side portions of the side runners toward the central runner, wherein the wrapper extends inwardly toward the central runner and is fixed to the top planar surface to provide lateral stability to the side runners.