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Plastic pallet with two decks

  • US 5,413,052 A
  • Filed: 03/29/1993
  • Issued: 05/09/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A pallet comprising:

  • a) a sealed twin-sheet thermoformed top deck having an upper thermoplastic sheet and a lower thermoplastic sheet wherein portions of the lower thermoplastic sheet are fused to the upper sheet at a plurality of pinch points, and a plurality of bolt holes are formed at top deck pinch points;

    b) a metal reinforcing substrate located between the top deck upper sheet and lower sheet, wherein the fused portions are spaced from the substrate;

    c) a sealed twin-sheet thermoformed bottom deck having an upper thermoplastic sheet fused to a lower thermoplastic sheet at a plurality of pinch points, wherein portions of the pinch points define bolt holes extending through the bottom deck;

    d) a plurality of plastic posts extending between the top deck and the bottom deck, wherein each post has portions which underlie the metal reinforcing substrate; and

    e) fasteners which extend through the posts and through the bolt holes in the top deck and the bottom deck to connect the top deck to the bottom deck.

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