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A shipping pallet is provided formed of a unitary sheet of material and having a generally planar base with a plurality of spaced proturberances extending upwardly from the upper surface of the base. The protuberances are adapted to receive respective items to be shipped thereon and to maintain such

A shipping pallet is provided formed of a unitary sheet of material and having a generally planar base with a plurality of spaced proturberances extending upwardly from the upper surface of the base. The protuberances are adapted to receive respective items to be shipped thereon and to maintain such items in a predetermined relationship. The pallets further include a plurality of foot means projecting downwardly from the base, with portions of said foot means being proximal to each upwardly projecting protuberance so that said foot means effect enhanced support for items to be positioned on the protuberances and effect enhanced load distribution for the items positioned on the pallet. Additionally, a shipping container formed from two of the shipping pallets is provided for containing and transporting a load of items or packages having tubular carrier cores. In the container, the respective protuberances on the upper and lower pallets are substantially in alignment with each other and are received within the tubular carrier cores of the load of items. The protuberances substantially prevent the engaged items from shifting laterally in any direction relative to each other and thereby maintain the items in a predetermined relationship within the container. Where the load of items comprises a plurality of layers, stabilizing means are further provided for cooperating with the items of adjacent layers, thereby preventing lateral shifting of the items relative to each other and thus maintaining the items of the load in a predetermined relationship within the container.

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A shipping pallet of unitary construction and adapted for use with another substantially identcal pallet so as to serve as a bottom or top wall of a shipping container for transporting and storing a load, said shipping pallet having a generally planar base having an outer peripheral rim extending ge

A shipping pallet of unitary construction and adapted for use with another substantially identcal pallet so as to serve as a bottom or top wall of a shipping container for transporting and storing a load, said shipping pallet having a generally planar base having an outer peripheral rim extending generally upwardly relative to said base and wherein a sleeve receiving groove extends alongside of and is surrounded by said rim, a plurality of spaced protuberances extending upwardly from the upper surface of the base for receiving thereon respective items to be shipped and for maintaining such items in a predetermined relationship, a plurality of foot means extending from the base and serving for carrying the load on the pallet, said foot means including corner foot means positioned in respective corner areas of the pallet, central foot means positioned centrally of the pallet, and intermediate foot means positioned between adjacent corner foot means, and wherein said foot means are spaced apart from each other and each foot means comprises at least one downwardly projecting member and a corresponding platform member adjacent the base of each projecting member, the construction and location of each of said projecting members and corresponding platform members being such that each projecting member is adapted to be abuttingly engaged by a corresponding platform member of another pallet and to provide a lateral anti-shift interengagement between adjacent pallets when the pallets are used as tops and bottoms for shipping containers in stacked condition, a reinforcing gridwork of a plurality of reinforcing ribs and valleys located between and adjacent the various projecting members and adjacent the corresponding platform members for strengthening the pallet, the height of said reinforcing ribs and the depth of said valleys being only a fraction of the distance that said projecting members extend from said planar base so that said reinforcing gridwork does not interfere with the stacking of shipping containers using this pallet construction and so that clearance is available for the arms of a forklift, and each of said upwardly extending protuberances having one of said downwardly extending projecting members proximally located thereto with the proximally located projecting member being positioned closer to the protuberance than the distance from the protuberance to the next adjacent protuberance so that said downwardly extending projecting members effect enhanced support for each of the items to be positioned on the respective protuberances and thereby effect enhanced load distribution for all the items positioned on the pallet.