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A pallet (10) is disclosed which is particularly adapted for being constructed of moldable thermoplastic materials. The pallet includes a load-bearing surface (12) supported by a plurality of feet (32) with the load-bearing surface (12) being constructed of a pair of sheets of the thermoplastic mate

A pallet (10) is disclosed which is particularly adapted for being constructed of moldable thermoplastic materials. The pallet includes a load-bearing surface (12) supported by a plurality of feet (32) with the load-bearing surface (12) being constructed of a pair of sheets of the thermoplastic material (13, 15) located in spaced parallel relationship to each other. Respective top (22, 24) and bottom (26) channels are formed in the upper and lower sheets of material (13, 15) with the bottoms of each of the channels (22, 24, 26) being joined to the bottom of the channels from the other sheet of material to securely and rigidly fix the two sheets of material (13, 15) together. The feet (32) include alternating solid (40) and hollow (38) portions which serve to make the feet (32) extremely strong. An alternative embodiment of the present invention includes a self-draining feature so that the channels (122) on the top surface of the pallet drain into the feet (132) with the fluid entering the feet (132), draining from a hole (143) provided in the bottoms thereof.

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A pallet (10) comprising: a substantially planar load-bearing member (12) formed from an upper sheet of material (13) and a lower sheet of material (15) located generally in fixed parallel relationship to each other; and a plurality of feet (32) depending from the load-bearing member (12), the feet

A pallet (10) comprising: a substantially planar load-bearing member (12) formed from an upper sheet of material (13) and a lower sheet of material (15) located generally in fixed parallel relationship to each other; and a plurality of feet (32) depending from the load-bearing member (12), the feet (32) being formed as a downwardly depending portion of each of the two sheets of material (13, 15) forming an upwardly opening pocket (36) on the interior thereof, each of the feet (32) including integral solid wall portions (40) formed of deformed portions of both of the sheets of material (13, 15) fused together.