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A plastic pallet and a method of shrink-wrapping an article onto the platform structure of the pallet. The pallet includes a plurality of legs and a planar platform structure supported by the legs and formed of upper and lower thermoformed sheets of plastic selectively fused together. The upper and

A plastic pallet and a method of shrink-wrapping an article onto the platform structure of the pallet. The pallet includes a plurality of legs and a planar platform structure supported by the legs and formed of upper and lower thermoformed sheets of plastic selectively fused together. The upper and lower sheets are maintained in vertically spaced parallel relation in a central portion of the platform structure and peripheral edges of the upper and lower sheets are fused together to define a downwardly extending peripheral lip defining a downwardly opening groove extending around the periphery of the platform structure outboard of the legs. The peripheral lip improves the stiffness and the side impact resistance of the platform structure and the groove facilitates the shrink-wrapping of an article onto the pallet. Specifically, an article is placed on the platform structure and the article is shrink-wrapped onto the platform structure utilizing a plastic film sheet by placing the film sheet in covering relation over the article and tucking a lower edge portion of the film sheet into the downwardly opening groove.

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In a plastic pallet of the type including a plurality of legs and a planar platform structure supported by the legs and formed of upper and lower thermoformed sheets of plastic selectively fused together, the improvement wherein: the legs are positioned in circumferentially spaced relation around th

In a plastic pallet of the type including a plurality of legs and a planar platform structure supported by the legs and formed of upper and lower thermoformed sheets of plastic selectively fused together, the improvement wherein: the legs are positioned in circumferentially spaced relation around the periphery of the platform structure, extend downwardly from the platform structure, and each includes an outboard surface; the upper and lower sheets are maintained in vertically spaced parallel relation in a central portion of the platform structure; peripheral edges of the upper and lower sheets are fused together to define a downwardly extending peripheral lip defining a downwardly opening groove proximate the periphery of the platform structure; and the groove extends around the periphery of the platform structure outside of the legs and in outwardly spaced relation to the outboard surfaces of the legs.