Assembly for enclosing and protecting a plurality of meters for storage or transportation purposes and carrier and pallet for use therein

A carrier for carrying a plurality of meters therein, the carrier comprising:

• a base unit having upper and lower surfaces for receiving and retaining a plurality of meters in a predetermined spaced relationship thereon;
• a cover unit and a connector that connects the cover unit to the base unit for movement between a closed position for enclosing, protecting and immobilizing the meters within the base unit and an open position to allow storage or retrieval of one or more meters to or from the base unit, respectively;
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• a mechanism for alternatively fastening or unfastening the cover unit to or from the base unit, respectively.

A pallet of the sandwich-type having a cellular core, the pallet comprising:

• a substantially flat deck having upper and lower surfaces and front, back and side edges and including:
• a load-bearing skin made of reinforced thermoplastics material;
• at least one grid of reinforcing slats;
• a cellular core made of a thermoplastics material;
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• a tine-engaging skin made of a reinforced thermoplastics material;
• the at least one grid of reinforcing slats being positioned at predetermined places against at least one skin;
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• at least one support for supporting the deck so that tines can lift and support the pallet at the tine-engaging skin wherein the deck further includes an array of apertures extending between the upper and lower surfaces and configured to receive and retain lower portions of the meters in a predetermined spaced relationship therein.