Metal and plastic pallet assembly
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1. A pallet assembly comprising a metal base member and a removable plastic deck member joined to said metal base member, and integral mating interlocking means which in combination join said plastic deck member to said metal base member;
- wherein said metal base member and said plastic deck member each comprise an outer perimeter, wherein said mating interlocking means are positioned within said outer perimeters of said metal base member and said plastic deck member;
wherein said metal base member further comprises a generally flat upper surface and wherein said mating interlocking means comprises apertures disposed in said upper surface of said metal base member and depending lug members on said plastic deck member which extend through said apertures in said metal base member upper surface; and
wherein said depending lug members each comprise at least one detent member, wherein the width of said depending lug members in a direction containing said at least one detent member is greater than the corresponding width of said apertures in said upper surface of said metal base member in such direction.
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A pallet composed of a removable plastic deck and a metal base, where the deck is joined to the base by mechanical interlocking, the deck having depending lugs which interlock with apertures in the upper surface of the base. Preferably, the lugs have sufficient depth and are correspondingly located to receive the legs of a superior pallet in a nesting manner.
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1. A pallet assembly comprising a metal base member and a removable plastic deck member joined to said metal base member, and integral mating interlocking means which in combination join said plastic deck member to said metal base member;
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wherein said metal base member and said plastic deck member each comprise an outer perimeter, wherein said mating interlocking means are positioned within said outer perimeters of said metal base member and said plastic deck member;
wherein said metal base member further comprises a generally flat upper surface and wherein said mating interlocking means comprises apertures disposed in said upper surface of said metal base member and depending lug members on said plastic deck member which extend through said apertures in said metal base member upper surface; and
wherein said depending lug members each comprise at least one detent member, wherein the width of said depending lug members in a direction containing said at least one detent member is greater than the corresponding width of said apertures in said upper surface of said metal base member in such direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A pallet assembly comprising a metal base member and a removable plastic deck member joined to said metal base member by integral mating interlocking means, wherein said metal base member further comprises a generally flat upper surface and wherein said mating interlocking means comprises apertures disposed in said upper surface of said metal base member and depending lug members on said plastic deck member which extend through said apertures in said metal base member upper surface;
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wherein said depending lug members each comprise at least one deter member, wherein the width of said depending lug members in a direction containing said at least one detent member is treater than the corresponding width of said apertures in said upper surface of said metal base member in such direction. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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- 21. A pallet assembly comprising a metal base member and a removable plastic deck member joined to said metal base member by integral mating interlocking means, wherein said metal base member further comprises a generally flat upper surface and wherein said mating interlocking means comprises apertures disposed in said upper surface of said metal base member and depending lug members on said plastic deck member which extend through said apertures in said metal base member upper surface, wherein said metal base member upper surface comprises a plurality of spaced structural members, wherein said depending lug members each comprise at least one detent member, wherein the width of said depending lug members in a direction containing said at least one detent member is greater than the corresponding width of said apertures in said upper surface of said metal base member in such direction.
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