Two-piece pallet

A pallet, comprising:

• a lower deck having a plurality of lower deck mating areas;
• and
• an upper deck spaced from and overlying the lower deck, the upper deck having a plurality of upper deck mating areas complementary to the lower deck mating areas, wherein each of the lower deck and upper deck mating areas includes an alternating arrangement of projections and recesses,
• wherein during assembly of the upper and lower decks, the projections of the lower deck are arranged to be securely received by the recesses of the upper deck and the projections of the upper deck are arranged to be securely received by the recesses of the lower deck, resulting in a non-planar parting line between the upper and lower decks on external surfaces of the mating areas.

A two-piece plastic pallet, comprising:

• spaced upper and lower decks;
• and
• a plurality of opposed mating areas formed in the upper and lower decks, each mating area including alternating projections and recesses and a plurality of latch members extending therefrom, wherein each projection includes angled faces on opposed sides thereof and each recess includes angled faces on opposed sides thereof, the angled faces of the projections engaging the angled faces of the recesses to restrain transverse movement of the assembled decks,
• wherein during assembly of the upper and lower decks, engagement of the corresponding upper deck and lower deck mating areas causes the projections of the lower deck to be received by the recesses of the upper deck and the projections of the upper deck to be received by the recesses of the lower deck, resulting in a non-planar parting line between the upper and lower decks, and
• wherein the latch members of one deck are arranged to engage the projections of the other deck such that when the decks are in an assembled configuration, corresponding mating areas of the upper and lower decks include an alternating arrangement of latch members of the upper deck engaged with projections of the lower deck and latch members of the lower deck engaged with projections of the upper deck.

A pallet, comprising:

• an upper deck;
• a lower deck spaced from the upper deck, the upper and lower decks having reversible configurations;
• and
• a plurality of opposed mating areas formed in the upper and lower decks, each mating area including alternating projections and recesses disposed along a periphery of each mating area, wherein the projections of the upper deck are arranged to be received by the recesses of the lower deck and the projections of the lower deck are arranged to be received by the recesses of the upper deck, each mating area further including a plurality of latch members extending therefrom,
• wherein the latch members of one deck are arranged to engage the projections of the other deck such that engagement of the mating areas of the upper and lower decks securely joins the decks in an assembled configuration.

A pallet, comprising:

• an upper deck;
• a lower deck spaced from the upper deck;
• a plurality of alternating projections and recesses disposed along a periphery of each deck, wherein the projections of the upper deck are arranged to be received by the recesses of the lower deck and the projections of the lower deck are arranged to be received by the recesses of the upper deck such that the projections and recesses remain visible along the periphery of the deck;
• and
• a plurality of latch members extending from each deck adjacent the recesses, wherein the latch members of one deck are arranged to engage the projections of the other deck such that engagement of the upper and lower decks securely joins the decks in an assembled configuration.

A pallet, comprising:

• spaced first and second decks;
• and
• a plurality of opposed mating areas formed in the first and second decks, each mating area including alternating projections and recesses, each projection having a periphery, wherein the projections of the first deck are arranged to be received by the recesses of the second deck and engaged by the recesses on a majority of the periphery thereof, and the projections of the second deck are arranged to be received by the recesses of the first deck and engaged by the recesses on a majority of the periphery thereof, each mating area further including at least one latch member extending therefrom,
• wherein the latch members of one deck are arranged to engage the projections of the other deck such that engagement of the mating areas of the first and second decks securely joins the decks in an assembled configuration.