Pallet support unit

Abstract

A pallet support unit includes a plurality of legs extending outwardly at an angle from a load-bearing upper surface to a floor-contacting lower surface. An opening is defined between each adjacent pair of legs both receiving a forklift. Each leg is formed of multiple angled sections to improve the strength of the leg and resistance to impact from the forklift.

1 . A support comprising: 
 an upper member including load-bearing upper surface;    a floor-contacting lower member; and    a plurality of legs extending from the upper member to the lower member and defining between each adjacent pair of legs an opening for receiving a tine of a forklift, each opening generally defining a plane, each leg including a wall section adjacent one of the openings, the wall section substantially perpendicular to the plane defined by the adjacent opening.    
   
   
       2 . The support of  claim 1  wherein the lower member includes a peripheral flange connecting a lower end of each of the plurality of legs to one another.  
   
   
       3 . The support of  claim 1  wherein the wall section is an outer wall sections, each leg including two outer wall sections, each substantially perpendicular to an adjacent opening.  
   
   
       4 . The support of  claim 3  wherein the wall section further includes at least two inner wall sections, each substantially perpendicular to an adjacent one of the two outer wall sections.  
   
   
       5 . A pallet assembly including a plurality of the supports claimed in  claim 1  arranged to support a single load, the upper members of the plurality of supports arranged generally in a single plane.  
   
   
       6 . The pallet assembly of  claim 5  wherein the plurality of supports are spaced apart.  
   
   
       7 . The pallet assembly of  claim 5  wherein each adjacent pair of the plurality of supports are connected by at least one connector sidewall.  
   
   
       8 . The pallet assembly of  claim 7  wherein the at least one connector sidewall includes at least two connector sidewalls, each connector sidewall extending continuously from the wall section in one of the plurality of supports to the wall section in an adjacent other one of the plurality of supports.  
   
   
       9 . A support comprising: 
 an upper member including load-bearing upper surface;    a floor-contacting lower member; and    a plurality of legs extending from the upper member to the lower member and defining between each adjacent pair of legs an opening for receiving a tine of a forklift, each leg including at least three connected, at least substantially perpendicular, wall sections.    
   
   
       10 . The support of  claim 9  wherein the at least three wall sections includes at least four wall sections, each wall section substantially perpendicular to immediately adjacent ones of the at least four wall sections.