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A pallet is assembled from three basic components that can be combined in various ways to produce different configurations. Several identical slats are connected in alternative positions to latches over the top member of at least two transverse runners, thereby forming a load-bearing support surface

A pallet is assembled from three basic components that can be combined in various ways to produce different configurations. Several identical slats are connected in alternative positions to latches over the top member of at least two transverse runners, thereby forming a load-bearing support surface. The bottom side of each runner includes uniformly-spaced blocks for elevating the support surface over the ground and providing clearance under the top member for engagement of the pallet by the fork of material handling equipment. Identical slats are also connected to the bottom of these blocks to provide continuous bottom surfaces in the longitudinal direction of the pallet. An additional basic component, a foot-frame member that is adapted to fill the space between pairs of blocks in the underside of the runners, can be added or formed integrally with the runners to provide a continuous bottom surface also in the transverse direction of the pallet.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A modular pallet comprising the following combination of components:a plurality of runners, each runner having a top member supported by at least two equally-spaced blocks of substantially equal size, said top member and said blocks including transverse clasping slots providing alte

[ I claim:] [1.] A modular pallet comprising the following combination of components:a plurality of runners, each runner having a top member supported by at least two equally-spaced blocks of substantially equal size, said top member and said blocks including transverse clasping slots providing alternative fastening sites over the top member; anda plurality of slats, each slat including longitudinal fastening ridges adapted to mate in releasable connection with said clasping slots;whereby the pallet is assembled by fastening a slat to each of the blocks and by fastening multiple slats only at some of the alternative fastening sites in the top members of the runners in orthogonal disposition therewith.